ahoiberg
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i FINALLY finished assembling my new table saw this weekend. it's a delta 36-979 and took it for a test drive during which it performed flawlessly. i then cut a small piece of plywood and stopped using it for a while. i came back about an hour later and it tripped the breaker on the motor, i reset that, and then it continually tripped the breaker on my panel in the basement. it's a 20 amp breaker, which i thought would handle the load OK (the motor only says 15 amps) and it seemed to during the first few runs of the saw.
so, i thought maybe i needed to put a 20 amp receptacle in. tried that, still trips the breaker each time it tries to start. i even tried unplugging everything in the garage, turning off the lights so all the juice could go to the saw, no avail. it will start spinning, so I think the motor is fine, but just trips after maybe 3-5 seconds. i know the best way to fix this is to convert it to 220 and have a separate line run to the garage, but I'd rather not spend the money on that.
is it possible that the breaker is bad? i've heard of these high magnetic load breakers, might one of those help? might it be the motor (god, i hope not)? any ideas? i can't stand that i spent a week putting it together and now i can't even use it!
thanks in advance for your help.
so, i thought maybe i needed to put a 20 amp receptacle in. tried that, still trips the breaker each time it tries to start. i even tried unplugging everything in the garage, turning off the lights so all the juice could go to the saw, no avail. it will start spinning, so I think the motor is fine, but just trips after maybe 3-5 seconds. i know the best way to fix this is to convert it to 220 and have a separate line run to the garage, but I'd rather not spend the money on that.
is it possible that the breaker is bad? i've heard of these high magnetic load breakers, might one of those help? might it be the motor (god, i hope not)? any ideas? i can't stand that i spent a week putting it together and now i can't even use it!
thanks in advance for your help.