As Kent Fitzgerald pointed out, the Top 10 Reasons to wire your tablesaw for 240 Volts (or is it 220?
10. You can amaze your friends by claiming it gives you twice as much power. (Of course this isn’t true, but they’ll mostly just nod solemnly and grunt in approval). 9. And if they fall for that, go on and tell them it’s actually four times as much power! Yeah, that’s the ticket, because, uh, you know, Power equals Something Squared. 8. To really astound them, mention that it now costs nothing to run, because all the used electricity goes right back to the power company, instead of being wastefully poured into the ground. (Watt-Hours? What-Hours? Whatever!). 7. All the lights in your house will dim equally when the saw stalls. 6. No more sleepless nights worrying about which side of the receptacle was supposed to be neutral. 5. Deters would-be borrowers. Too bad you can’t do the same for all your tools. “Sorry, Uncle Chester, I’d love to lend ya some clamps, but all a mine need two hunnerd-n-forty volts”. 4. Family members won’t use your saw receptacle to plug in the Xmas lights. At le
