"Nova" wrote in message
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Lew Hodgett wrote:
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Wiring for 220 also helps to keep half of the house lights from dimming
when the motor starts up.


LOL,,, if half the lights in your house dim when you start a 110 volt 2 hp
motor you have other problems. I can see understand some diming on the same
circuit but the whole half diming should not happen.

Last November I started up my cabinet saw... it stalled and I lost half the
electricy service in my home. That turned out to be a big problem, one of
the under ground leads coming up to the meter shorted out.