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It has a UK cable currently, which is wound rather than solid core, so difficult to gauge between the two.

One more thing you could help me with with regards to this... For my testing I just wired it up to a 40amp double pole breaker that I have already, but obviously I want to replace this with a more suitable one!I will be making the 240v socket for the car lift, and also the air compressor (to...

That's for the input guys! Ok, so an update on this....Decided this had to be tested. So connected the ramp straight into a double pole 240v breaker. Brown live to live 1, blue neutral to live 2, earth to earth - and it worked straight away!The motor is definitely running noisier than before...

And this type of US/Canada 240v Live1+live2+earth set up would be 60hz? In the UK it is 50hz as standard.So would a 50hz motor still work ok on a 60hz signal?What would likely happen if you tried it, and it was not capable of working at 60hz? Would it just not work, or work strangely? Could...

So, in theory, on the basis of what's been discussed here you could make any UK (240v) appliance work in US/Canada simply by wiring the brown cable to live 1, blue (neutral in UK!) to live 2, and earth to earth?With a double pole 240v break on the board.so 240v live+neutral+earth is the...

Thanks again!I like the idea of making a 240v socket as I do indeed have an air compressor, so I could swap between them as required. I just checked the air compressor as well, induction motor, 2.2kw, 13 amp, 240v, 50hz.

Thank you for the input!!I checked the manufacturer spec and it says 50/60hz, however the plate on the side of the motor says 50hz.

That is a very good question indeed!! I'd need to check. Why, what are you thinking?

Yes, it's the same here in Canada.It seems that both UK and US/Canadian have the same three-wire set up (appreciate 240v can also be 4 wire in US/Canada, but trying to keep it simple). So it would go:UK Circuit: 1) 240v live 2) Neutral 3) EarthUS/Canada Circuit: 1) 120v live 2) 120 live 3)...

For reference, the list power cable has brown (live), blue (neutral) and green/yellow (earth).For UK circuits the neutral I believe is required for the actual circuit to be able to work.So would connecting 120V live 1 to brown, live 2 to blue and earth to earth work????

Sorry to pull this old post up, but I'm in exactly the same position!!Moved from the UK (240V) to Canada and my car lift is also 220V. I've tried a 3000w step up transformer as a quick solution but just causes the AC Contactor to chatter and spark. If you override it by pressing in the button...