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Re: Air Compressor

To: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Re: Air Compressor
From: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 07:53:56 -0500
 I bought the Sears 5 HP because I wanted something that would
>work off of 120 volt. So far it has never let me down. BUT IT DOES MAKE
>NOISE !
>...Art
>
>
I know that the "Sears Horsepower" thing has been discussed before, but 5 HP
on 120 Volts?  I have a 1.5 Hp motor (on a saw, as it happens) and it draws
17 Amps at 120 volts.  How do you run a 5 HP motor on 120 volts???

Brian


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