On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, RON WARD wrote:
:I'd planned to run 220 out to my garage if necessary. Right now I run
:a 'frig, and some lights off the residential 110v service from the
:house. I suppose a compressor, even wimpy, would draw enough on the
:110v to throw a breaker inside the house. Is this true?
Well, a real horsepower is 750W, so about 6.25 A on 120. So somewhere
around 3Hp to blow a 20 amp breaker.
David
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