This might make electricians cringe and if I burn my house down I will tear it out before the insurance investigators come over, but It works! I have struggled for a while trying to figure out how to get 220 into my garage. In Texas, we don't have the luxury of basements so I had no good way to run 220 from one side of my 2 story house to the other side where the garage is located. I ended up putting in a new 30 amp breaker (this might be too much, but it was free) and adding a 220V receptor by my panel. I then used a 50 foot 10 guage extention cord and fun it to my shop (garage). I am only pulling 11-12 amps with my shaper and even less with my dj-20. We are moving in the next 6 months, so I didn't want to spend any money if possible. The best part is that I can take the cord with me when I move and can do it again if needed.