Running two motors on one 230V Duplex circuit, woodworking shop

[bsf072]

I had a house built and asked the electrician to wire the garage with a 230V receptacle for a Delta tablesaw. He ran a 30A circuit with 10ga wire, more than I needed as distance from breaker was only 20 feet. The 230V tablesaw draws only 12.4 amps. I'd like to add a 230V dust collector to the shop that would run at the same time as the tablesaw. The JET cyclone vac only pulls 8 amps. I'm wondering if I can replace the single receptacle with a duplex 230V receptacle and have both plugged in and running at the same time. The duplex receptacle is a 20amp and says it can handle #10 wire. Can I run both at the same time? The other option is to run a dedicated 110V line out there, but it seems like there is plenty of capacity to for the tablesaw and dust collector to share that breaker. Any help would be appreciated. The 110V circuit in the garage is already loaded and I'd like the benefits of the 230V vac if possible.

Many thanks. Here's a link to the receptacle:

http://www.amazon.com/Leviton-5822-...unding/dp/B000U3I1S0/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

 

[charlie b]

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