Originally Posted By: kschachn
That's gotta be one of the dumbest posts I've ever seen. You pay for watt-hours, not amps. It's the same regardless of the voltage.
You pay for power, plain and simple.
Originally Posted By: Chris142
we dont pay for electricity. we pay for amps used.110v -120v uses nearly 2x the amps that 220-240 uses.they can charge us more and make more profit.
You beat me to it. Up there with the dumbest thing ever said, but I'm sure someone else will beat it one day, but probably not for a while.
Volts X Amps = Watts. You pay by the watt or kilowatt. Usually if you look at a motor that can run at either 120 or 240, at 240 it uses half the amps so it's the same amount of watts.