Buenas Diaz from south of the border:
Purchased a 4hp air compressor for use in Mexico. Problem is that it blows the motors breaker, exchanged the compressor for the exact same item with the same problem.
The motor is rated at 220 volts and 12.5 amps. it has a 20 amp resettable breaker on the motor. Also, it is on a dedicated circuit of 50 amps and does not blow the main breaker. We have and over voltage situation here in Mexico which does not seem to be a problem with any other appliance or circuit, at least not on a daily basis.
On checking the draw, with the limited resources available this is what we find:
motor receives 252 volts and draws 25.6 amps before the breaker blows. It also seems to vary higher voltagewise from time to time.
It is a dual capacitor motor. There is no schematic or wiring hookup chart.
Question: could this motor be wired for 110v and hooked up to a 220v circuit? There is no indication that this is meant to work on 110v. Appreciate your insight.
Purchased a 4hp air compressor for use in Mexico. Problem is that it blows the motors breaker, exchanged the compressor for the exact same item with the same problem.
The motor is rated at 220 volts and 12.5 amps. it has a 20 amp resettable breaker on the motor. Also, it is on a dedicated circuit of 50 amps and does not blow the main breaker. We have and over voltage situation here in Mexico which does not seem to be a problem with any other appliance or circuit, at least not on a daily basis.
On checking the draw, with the limited resources available this is what we find:
motor receives 252 volts and draws 25.6 amps before the breaker blows. It also seems to vary higher voltagewise from time to time.
It is a dual capacitor motor. There is no schematic or wiring hookup chart.
Question: could this motor be wired for 110v and hooked up to a 220v circuit? There is no indication that this is meant to work on 110v. Appreciate your insight.