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220v or 110v 4 Post Lift Motor
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matt151617
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Are you absolutely postitive you only have 120v? There's only 3 wires coming into the panel? Is the panel marked "120V only"? Any substaintial lift is going to need 240v.
wyliesdiesels
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Maybe he only has one branch circuit, which is how many garages are wired!
ixlr8
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Either will work, the question is how fast do you want the lift to go up? Either way you are going to need a minimum of 15amp or 20amp dedicated circuit. You can get a higher HP motor using 220v and the lift will go up faster. I am going thru the same decision process. The smaller HP 110v lifts take about 120 seconds to go from bottom to top. The larger HP 220v lifts take about 45 seconds. It is back to the old addage... speed costs.I'm in the process of researching a new 4 post lift for my house (that by itself is confusing!) But I am not sure I should consider 110v motor or 220v.
I only have 110v in the garage.
Stuart in MN
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I've had a 120vac lift in my garage for probably 15 years now, it works fine. I've never timed it but I don't think it takes two minutes to go up, maybe a little over one minute.
Dick in Wisconsin
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How much power (amp circuit) do you have going to the garage?
I have a 15 amp breaker going to the garage. As you enter the house from the garage into my laundry room, it has a 20 amp breaker. As the laundry room shares a wall with the garage, it would be easy to add an outlet.
Suggestions?
I'm kind of leaning toward the 220v motor for the 4 post lift.
Suggestions?
I'm kind of leaning toward the 220v motor for the 4 post lift.
matt151617
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You're going to have to upgrade the electricity going to your garage first. New 240v circuit in the main panel, new feeder wire, new subpanel in the garage, you can then run new circuits from there.
Until you do that, don't even worry about the lift. 15 amps is barely enough to run a chop saw and a light.
Until you do that, don't even worry about the lift. 15 amps is barely enough to run a chop saw and a light.
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wyliesdiesels
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If you're going to go with a 240v lift, you will have put in a dedicated circuit!