Without this turning into a battle between Tesla and Edison, I was wondering if this switch was safe operate on any (one) of the following:
I am assuming that if you respond with an answer that you have the experience or credentials to advise. I don't need know who attended MIT, Cooper Union, wired a nuclear submarine, or spent 20 years as a journeyman for Local 3. If you are answering, my assumption is that you know. I trust you.
I understand that I am responsible for any advice that I accept. I could always ask my electrician, but I thought I would throw it out there, given many of you may own the switch.
I understand tax code, accounting, and HR...I know zero about electric, other that not to play around with it.
Thanks for reading and replying.
I have owned the switch for 18 months, but never used it because I heard that it wasn't safe to use (despite folks using it without incident for years).
- Jet 1221
- Jet 1015
- ShopFox 1.5 HP Dust Collector
- Rockler Wallmount 3/4 HP Wallmount Dust Collector
- A 4 watt night light LOL (teasing)
I am assuming that if you respond with an answer that you have the experience or credentials to advise. I don't need know who attended MIT, Cooper Union, wired a nuclear submarine, or spent 20 years as a journeyman for Local 3. If you are answering, my assumption is that you know. I trust you.
I understand that I am responsible for any advice that I accept. I could always ask my electrician, but I thought I would throw it out there, given many of you may own the switch.
I understand tax code, accounting, and HR...I know zero about electric, other that not to play around with it.
Thanks for reading and replying.
I have owned the switch for 18 months, but never used it because I heard that it wasn't safe to use (despite folks using it without incident for years).
If it does not have a UL label on it I am not even plugging the thing in to begin with. It is a 15 amp switch and that is fine if you keep it to that limit for which it is rated. Some people start piggy backing things such as dust collectors on it with whatever machine they are controlling. Not a good idea. It is a manual mechanical on /off switch in other words it needs to be pushed on and pushed off. If there is a power failure the tool will still come back on when power is turned back on. So if a breaker trips the tool starts right up again.