"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
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Ashton Crusher wrote:

Note, tho, that 3 Sears HP = 1 Porter Cable HP. No foolin....
Sears used locked-rotor current (stalled motor current) to calc
their hp -- a total scam.

Cites, please.


How many REAL 3hp electric motors have you seen that run on
120Volts???

The only thing I question is the statement that the 3 hp Sears is the same
as the 1 hp Porter Cable.

Well, I corrected that to 1.1 porter cable hps....

But seriously, that part was "said for effect", altho it could might well be
true.... I'll post more on this later.
I can't imagine a responsible company using the locked-rotor method, tho.

But, brush motors can get very powerful in small sizes. iirc, you have
these little bitty table top race cars with motors the size of a AAA cell,
that are a good fraction -- perhaps the better fraction -- of a hp! Due to
supermagnets.

Whether you would WANT a true 3 hp in a hand-held router -- or if yer 15 A
breaker could take it -- is another story.

However, be careful -- that ignerint asshole Salty Dog is going to ask you
for cite after cite, and accuse you of making all this up if you can't
deliver.
--
EA.


Yes, they do use the locked rotor method, but
they all do. Many companies offer a 3 hp router. Does anyhone think
you'd have a real 3 hp motor in your hands like that?
Look here for hte ratings of some
http://www.woodcraft.com/Category/1002158/Routers.aspx

When you get into table saws, the better brands use real numbers. Most
are 1.5 to 32 hp, but Sers is something like 4.5 on their little saws.

Notice the high end 3 hp saws
http://www.woodcraft.com/Category/1001210/Saws.aspx

Notice that Sears no longer gives HP ratings. This u sed to be 4.5 hp.
Now it is 13A.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...1802000P?mv=rr