Or the panel it is running from does not have a 220V position (double slot)
available.

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"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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Yeah, but switching a 120v line to be a 240v line is simply a new
circuit
breaker, a new outlet, and two pieces of black tape. A ten minute job.
Increasing the amps requires running bigger wire as well as getting a
new breaker and outlet.


Unless that circuit is also feeding other receptacles, lights, etc.