"Joe" wrote in message
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"Chris Friesen" wrote in message
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Eigenvector wrote:
I was cutting some 16/4 poplar on the tablesaw and got halfway through
it when the saw stopped dead.

What kind of saw do you have? Portable, contractor, cabinet? What is
the amperage rating of the saw and of the circuit in question?

It's possible that the wood was warping and pinching the blade, or that
you were simply drawing more power than the circuit could handle.

Chris

I would also consider converting my saw to 220. Is your saw outlet on a
dedicated circuit or is there other things on that circuit? If there are
other things on that circuit this will happen to you all the time.

In a way that is reassuring. It tells me that the outlet that it was
plugged into was the principle cause. It was certainly hot that day and the
saw isn't on a dedicated circuit so it sounds like this was a case of not
getting sufficient voltage and having the make up the difference with
amperage.

I know the circuit itself is fine, I run 10/2 to all the shop 110V outlets
both to minimize line loss and to provide an extra margin of safety. But I
never considered the source of the power to be suspect.

I'll have to ponder the headaches of getting a permit to switch out to 220 -
but it sounds like in my case that is the best thing to do.