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Permalink Reply by Keith Eckert on February 28, 2012 at 9:52am

Spoke with our tech about the topic earlier this morning and he let me know of my error, and I was just logged on to revise and clarify my earlier post.  Just saw that Eric has already spoken to the fixed resistance of heating elements, so thank you Eric. 

So the answer to the original question about running a 220v machine on a 110v circuit is still a big NO.  Buy a machine that is designed for the type of power that you will have available to you. 

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Permalink Reply by Scott on February 29, 2012 at 11:52am

The question I have is, where in the US are you going to be operating that doesn't have 220v power?  As far as I know, every panel in America is wired with two hot legs, and every commercial espresso machine, 110v or 220v, is going to require a dedicated circuit to run.  It's not like if you have a 110v machine you can just plug it into any old outlet you find.  220v outlets are almost always, if done correctly, wired dedicated to a single outlet or hardwired.  And then what do you do about grinders? Those also should be on a dedicated outlet as well.  

If you had a cart/machine with circuit protection, in theory you could use the hot legs of two dedicated 110v outlets, if they are on separate legs in the panel.  

 

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