Hi guys. Maybe someone can answer this: I have a 1/4 hp Gast vacuum pump coming from Surplus Supply. Since I don't have 220 wiring in the house, I thought it would be easier and cheaper to buy their step down transformer (item#15-1069) to convert the pump to 115VAC. Now that I ordered that also, I saw a thread on AAW in which 2 elect. engineers don't recommend using that transformer in this application. They said the proper transformer has to be for an "inductive load" and that the typical isolation/step down transformer, like this one, is intended for "restrictive" loads, ie. lighting, and not for highly reactive loads. I have no clue what that means. So, has anyone used this transformer with the pump, and if so, have there been any problems? If there are valid concerns as to using the transformer, I'll send it back and run a 220 line instead. Thanks for your help.
Ed