Increase voltage

[bluelite]

Hi Everyone, I have a 180amp Arc welder that can operate on either 230v or 380/440v single phase. I'm using it on my household supply of 230v but I assume that if I wired it up to 380/440v I would get the optimum performance from it. Is it possible to wire in a transformer to my 230v supply to increase it to 380/440v?

 

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