On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 05:20:26 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

I am slowly fixing all the annoying features of this house we bought.
I may never get all of them corrected. But have a temporary solution
to one.

The house is mostly wired with 14 gauge wire and 15 amp breakers. So
the drill press with a 1.5 hp motor will pop the circuit breaker if
used for very long. The long term solution is to add a 220 volt 20 amp
circuit, change out the motor for a three phase motor and use a VFD.
But there are lots of other things that are more pressing.

So the temporary fix is to add a 40 ufd run capacitor in parallel with
the motor. That corrects the power factor a bit and drops the current
enough that the circuit breaker does not pop. The savings in power is
pretty much nothing, but having the power stay on is priceless.

Dan

If you can change the voltage, leave the 14G wire and run it 240V
15A. Change out or blank off other outlets on that circut.

Thank You,
Randy

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