Chuck Sherwood wrote:

Why did the motor over heat? Does the loss of voltage across the line
automatically
cause a motor to overheat? I am sure it did, but it is not something
that I would
intuitively think.

A motor needs power to do the job. P=V*I. If the voltage sags the
motor draws more current to make the same power. The higher the
current the more the motor heats up.

Thanks Chuck

I just did not think that 50 volts (whatever) would do much of a job trying
to push current through a cct designed for 110V.