I guess you didn't know? 220 VAC motors typically do not
have a neutral connection.

Since in a 220 VAC motor, the two 120 VAC legs are in
series, the current (amperage) is the same. Doesn't add to
make a higher number.

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"Robert Nichols"
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How can it do anything else; there's no return leg any
longer.

Some power will still flow through the motor. The path is
120V
from the still hot leg, through the motor, through all of
the
120V loads (in parallel) on the tripped leg, and thence to
the
neutral. The fraction of the 120V that appears across the
motor
depends on the ratio of the motor impedance to that of those
paralleled loads. In any event, current through the motor
cannot be higher than the sum of the currents those 120V
loads
would normally draw.

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