Well, 18A is too much for a 15A circuit, so I think you've found your
problem.

But do you have a sub-panel in the garage? Sounds like it. So you may just
be able to rewire in the garage, rather than having to rewire from the
house. That would be much easier, obviously.

As far as checking the gauge goes, take the plug out (after shutting off
power to it via the circuit breaker) and see if you can see a gauge on the
wire attached. If the outer sheath has been stripped all the way back to
where it enters in the box, you may not have much luck with that. If you
can see the wires running out of the sub-panel in the garage (assuming you
have one), you can check to see if any of them are 14 gauge. I think you
need 12 gauge to run a 20A circuit. But just checking at the panel or the
plug may not be enough; you don't know if all the wires in between are the
same gauge.

If I was you, I'd run a 240V circuit for the saw from the sub-panel in the
garage, and call it done. Hire an electrician if you're not comfortable
doing it yourself.

Clint

"D J" wrote in message
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Hello Everyone,

Thank you so much for the answers this quick. Really appreciate it.

I took a look at the saw and that says 1.5 HP, 18 Amps, 120 V.

Next thing I wanted to check is the gauge of the wire to see if I can
really run more current in the same line if required to. Any good
suggestion on quickly checking the gauge? Sorry I am all new to
electric, never done in past.

Last time when this happened, I had TS running on an extension and that
was draining power very much. only one other bulb was running since it
was night. Then I directly tried to the outlet and same result.

If required, probably running a separate line may not be a bad ideas,
but that will be expensive to me, right? My Garage is detached and the
line to garage goes underground at least about 100 feet. I have circuit
breakers in the garage as well as the house.

Regards,
D J




Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"D J" wrote in message
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Folks,

I just bought a Jet table saw and plugged in yesterday night. I tried
to start but then the fuse went off. I know i have 110 v line, but do i
need to increase amps?

any good suggestion on how to do that? I am thinking of hiring an
electrician.

Depends on what model saw you have. If it is the contractor model with 1
1/2 hp, you need a dedicated 20A line. It may run on a 15A if there is
nothing else on that circuit, but there is going to be too much drain and
you may not have full power and you may cause overloading. Can also
cause
motor overheating.


Best bet is to get an electrician to run a new line just for the saw.
While
you are at it, convert the saw to 220 for better starting.