I'm asking if it is OK to wire a 230V compressor motor to the 240 legs of a 120V line. I know about wiring to the L/N connections but what I need to know is if the 230V motor will NOT overheat on the 240V supply? The motor in the compressor will, of course, run intermittently, keeping the air supply pressure up to spec. At first, the motor will run for a long time, initially charging the system up to full pressure. Will the motor run OK? Thanks

I'm a novice, know enough to get stuff done round the house (or shoot my foot off sometimes). Question: One thing that has always escaped my ability to get under, is the "correct" (for lack of a better word) relativity between voltage and current. I know Ohms law but ......... I.e. I realize voltage is pressure (or Potential) and current is the amount (or speed?) of electron flow thru a conductor and load. But when I look at the base level explanations of electron charge "build up" at a point, I get this gut revelation that voltage is nothing more than a higher amount of electrons at a given point over the conductor path (?). So the more electron build up you have, the more voltage you would have. But obviously I'm still missing the whole picture since on an induction load you can have the voltage (potential electron build up) become "less" and the amps (amount of electron flow) become more. This blows me back to square one, since there is "more" electron flow coming from a decreased voltage (electron build up ?). From reading on induction, I get faint revelations that "more" voltage is being transformed across the motor coils (voltage that did not come from the line feed) so I'm guessing this maybe is how more current would still apply to my gut feeling. But I don't completely understand it enough to be sure. Please try to illuminate my ignorance with descriptions or good study links that are specific to this question. If my confusion has come across ambiguous please say so and I will attempt to word more constrictive.