"Swingman" wrote in message
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dpb wrote:

The motor only "needs" the two hots if you're going to get into "needs"

Hell, you really don't _need_ no stinking plug!

... ask any South o' the Border carpenter on a job site, who will
routinely strip 1" off two leads of an extension cord and stick'em
straight into the female receptacle on the t-pole (or the dryer plug in
the utility room which is usually the first thing powered in new
construction), to power 220/240 equipment.

Floor finishers are really bad about it because most of those big floor
sanders require 220/240, and they never seem to carry adapters.


I reecall seeing the floor finisher using bare ended Tomex as an extension
cord in Elgin.