Maybe they stamped the motor with a ball-park reading, with a clamp on
ampmeter it will only draw 8A when on full load... I like grizzly tools,
they've been good to me. Lots of luck


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My new edge sander was delivered today, Grizzly 6x80. In the version
of the manual on the website they list it as 1.5 HP 16A/8A. But in
the manual that came with it and on the nameplate on the motor it says
1.5 HP 20A/10A.

Now I should probably run a dedicated 220V line to it regardless, but
for the time being I thought I was going to be fine on my 20A 110V
circuit. I just think it's very weird because if it's really drawing
20A then why are they calling it 1.5 HP? 20A should give 2 HP. I was
under the impression that they couldn't lie about the amps, but HP
ratings were more fudge-able. It's a 1725 RPM motor, and looking at
the motors Grizzly has in their catalog the 1.5 HP 1725RPM model draws
17A, whereas the 3450RPM draws 15.6. So I suppose that can explain a
bit of why the number is higher than I expect, but not all of it.
Have they just found a new source of really inefficient motors?

I wired it for 110 and it ran fine with no belt on it, but that
doesn't really mean anything. I need to build a stand for it and get
it up on that before I start bolting on all the tables and whatnot so
it's going to be a while before I can test it under load.