Good Grief! One lousy light bulb is NOT going to cause a major(or minor) imbalance in the load distribution. I dare to say the only 'load balancing' that was done, was done by the equal number of spaces in the breaker box for each 'side'. The load balance varies all over the place all the time!(think what happens to 'balance' when you turn your SS ON!).dusty wrote:I'd bet that your house wiring does exactly what is being discussed in this thread.
The base power feed is a 220VAC service to your main junction box. Each 110 vac feed out of that junction box is from one leg of the 220VAC. A good electrician balanced the load so that each side of the 220 VAC is providing about the same load as the other side.
All that is being discussed here is breaking out 110 VAC at a location other than at the main junction box. If the load was initially balanced before this 110 line is broken, it won't be balanced now.
And that is not necessarily so. If one has the wiring diagram or a breaker distribution diagram for the house, it can be determined which 220 leg should be used (the one with the least load).
Please do not take Dusty's comment re "breaking out 110v at a location other than the main junction box" as in indication that obtaining the Neutral from a branch circuit OTHER than that of the original 220v circuit is an option. Any neutral needs to be part of the 220v circuit.
We have gone too far with insufficient input! I do not believe the question in regard to what is presently providing 220v to the saw has been forthcoming.