home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!bdrc!news
- From: ghandhi@bdrc.bd.com (Jamshed B. Ghandhi)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: Wiring TS.
- Message-ID: <2200@bdrc.bdrc.bd.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 14:37:21 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.211729.4687@ulysses.att.com>
- Sender: news@bdrc.bdrc.bd.com
- Reply-To: ghandhi@bdrc.bd.com (Jamshed B. Ghandhi)
- Organization: Becton Dickinson Research Center
- Lines: 16
- Nntp-Posting-Host: theq.bdrc.bd.com
-
- I have just gone through this in my shop so and would like to relate my experience.
- My shop started out with one 15 Amp 14AWG circuit. I own a 10" contractor saw
- (delta, 14.7 A@120). The breaker would pop 25% of the time I tried to start the
- saw. It was not good. I have since installed one 20 Amp, 120 V circuit (12-2 with
- Ground) and a 20 Amp, 240 circuit (10-3 WITH GROUND!!), both with GFI protected
- breakers. I rewired my saw for 240 V. What a difference! The saw starts much
- quicker, doesn't bog down, and doesn't pop the breaker!
-
- Items to note when running 240 lines. As Steven Bellovin , while the US NEC allows
- a shared ground and neutral line, don't do it. I would suggest GFI protection on all
- shop wiring which is impossible without a separate ground line anyways.
-
- good luck
-
- Jamshed B. Ghandhi
- Computer Aided Engineering
-