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Jim wrote:
Alas, over here in the US, you have great difficulty getting 3 phase
power.

No different over here actually. If you get a unit on an industrial
estate, or maybe a farm might have it, otherwise, even though it's running
down the road outside your house a few feet a way it costs "lots" to have
it installed.

Mind you, in the UK, because of the high cost of land, you'd be lucky to
have enough space anyway. Like yours, my house was built in the 60s and
all I have is a garage about 8ft x 16ft for my workshop [1]. A friend of
mine has a workshop just under 20ft x 20ft and I'm very envious. He could
have larger but if he did his local tax would go up.

Stuart

[1] See Google earth 52deg 20' 27.45"N : 1deg 34' 57.03"W. Don't be fooled
by the apparent size of the dwelling, its a typical british
"Semi-detached" house - two dwellings built side by side and sharing a
"party" wall. The conservatory belongs to my neighbour. I have a ground
floor area of around 600sq ft. My neighbours house is currently on the
market and the asking price is 280,000 pounds

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