Dick Keats wrote:
"Tom Horne" wrote in message
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On Feb 13, 6:57 pm, "Dick Keats" wrote:
Asking for help.
Have a General 350 table saw not currently hooked up.
Will be moving it to a barn/workshop.
Motor specs a 3 HP, 220 V, 1 Ph., 11.7 A
Will 10/3 w/ground and a 30 A 220 breaker satisfy the load requirement?
Thanks for any help.
Dick in Texas

Dick

No one can answer your question without knowing if you are referring
to the branch circuit in the barn/workshop and or the feeder to the
barn/workshop. We would also need the number of wire feet in each
circuit.

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Tom Horne

Tom

I think the following will describe my situation:
Power underground from pole to meter on house (320 A service).
From circuit box at house through garage to barn on a 100 A breaker.
Garage is separate from house. Distance from meter to barn is about 70-80
feet.
Someone who knows this stuff will be wiring that part but, to conserve a
few $ I'm going to pull the wires inside the buildings from the breaker
boxes.
I'd like to do it right and safe.
There will also be a 2 HP dust collector involved but I have a gizmo that
starts
the collector automatically a couple seconds after the saw starts running.
I apologize for perhaps not using correct terminology.
Thanks for your input.

If you're contemplating more than just the saw in the future on the
circuit I'd go w/ the 10/2 (as somebody else noted, for a 2-pole
standard 220V outlet you don't need the neutral; that's needed only for
dual-voltage stuff like ranges and clothes driers, etc.) although 12/2
would be plenty for the saw alone.

Also, the comment someone made about the breaker being too large for the
saw--the breaker is there to protect the wiring, not the load and 30A is
fine. A 15A would likely cause some nuisance trips. There will be
overload protection at the motor itself for the purpose of protecting
it; that's not the function of the circuit panel breaker.

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