[billybek]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

Hey Bill!

It's a Dewalt, 5hp, It was shipped on Friday, hope to get it tomorrow or Tuesday, then get it up 2 flights of stairs. Can't wait for for that.

Aircompressorsdirect.com (I bought it from) lists it at 230.

Home Depot, Northern Tool, Amazon...everyone else lists it at 240V. Model numbers cross check and it's the only 80 gallon compressor Dewalt makes, so I'm assuming it's 240V.

When I google running 230V or 240V on 208V, I get a lot of ominous threads:

230v motor on 208v? - The Garage Journal Board

Running 230V compressor on 208V system used to power servo motors - Electric motors, generators & controls engineering - Eng-Tips

208V feeding a 240V motor? - ECN Electrical Forums

Hi Shaun,

You most likely will be putting the compressor through its paces so it might be good idea to nail the voltage but have a look at the motor tag when it arrives. Many of the 230 vac single phase motors can handle that bit of voltage difference and the permissible range will be on the tag.

Back before that pesky occupational heath and safety legislation came into play one of my employers dropped off a multi voltage pressure washer to me and instructed me to run it off 460 vac line to ground. 277 vac!

I was dumb enough to do that at the time but I was also very careful not to be standing in puddles of water while using it!