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This has been mentioned a few times in various message threads regarding the Enduro motors that were/are sold on Ebay. But I just wanted to put this down as a topic for you guys out there who grabbed some dirt cheap Enduro motors as I did a few years ago. I have a few Enduro 1050-2PF, 220 volts, servo motors that I bought off Ebay a while ago. They were dirt cheap on one point. Like $35 each or so?? I have 240 volts in my shop so it was no big deal to run some cords to feed these motors. However some folks have mentioned that these can run ok on 120 AC. I'm setting up a new to me Pfaff Chainstitch machine so I dug out one of the 1050-2PF units and hooked it up. I had to put a plug on the end, so why not try out 120 VAC? It works fine. I tried a wooden hammer handle torque test ( start the motor with a wooden hammer handle forced onto the edge of the V belt pulley ). The motor has plenty of torque at 120 VAC to grind grooves into the hammer handle from a dead start. I belted the machine to the motor and it all works fine at 120 VAC. The display and control buttons are working just fine as well. I have not tried hooking up the needle positioner sensor. That is next. This unit also has a 24 volt solenoid output for a foot lifter. But I probably won't use that. Obviously these motors were designed to operate on a range of input voltages. Why these don't show that on the boxes? I have no idea. Note that I cannot find any laboratory testing approval of any kind (UL, etc) on these motors, the boxes or the paperwork, so make sure you turn them off when you are done sewing. I'm ok with that myself.