Keith Nuttle wrote:
After many years of use the cord on my Sears table saw is running out of
space to wrap electrical tape around it. This is the cord from the
switch not the cord from the motor to the switch. The motor is a 1 hp,
120 volt. The instruction that came with the motor says that a 20 amp
fuse should be used in the circuit to which the motor is connected. (Yes
I am a pack rat)

Would a cord with 12 gauge wire be sufficient for the 6 foot replacement
cord, or would I use a smaller gauge wire.

I can find 14 and 16 gauge readily but 12 gauge is harder to find.


Wire of the same gauge as that you are replacing should be sufficient.

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA