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In a perfect world you can put a single phase 220 volt circuit to provide the power.
Looking at the plate on the compressor, It looks like the amperage is 15 amps at 120 volts and 7.5 amps at 240 (210/220/240). no matter.
Now... I know I am going to get thrown under the bus with this but believe me, I know...
If you upgrade the circuit breaker to 20 amps and leave the wiring at 14 copper... you are not going to have any problems. Not code? Yes. Have I ever seen a #14 wiring on a 20 amp breaker fail? No.
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