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Chris Friesen

wrote:

Anyway, I raised the topic not so much in regards to what I need to do
to make it work, I can deal with that. It was more that I have
definitely heard on the wreck that you can't trust the hp rating, but
the amps were more reliable because that gets tested by UL.

UL tests that the amps don't ever go higher than the nameplate. They
don't test whether they go as high as the nameplate.

I've heard a few stories of drill/jigsaw/etc manufacturers padding the
amperage rating to make the tool seem more powerful. No evidence that
it actually happened, but it sounds like something someone would do...

Chris