Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 1/7/2017 6:26 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:


230V is a different animal - that's a 3 phase voltage in the
US.

Not necessarily, my Unisaw is 3hp single phase, 60HZ, 230V as are
these and countless others:

SawStop
https://s3.amazonaws.com/vs-lumberjocks.com/lymffnt.jpg

Jet
https://s3.amazonaws.com/vs-lumberjocks.com/nl7owop.jpg


Motor rating.

Obviously.

You are probably getting 240 across the wires.

The point is a designation of 230V being exclusively "a 3 phase
voltage in the US" is wrong.