Check out this link for a series of properly rated motors:

http://www.marathonelectric.com/moto...P&MIN=15&DAT=A

--
Al Reid

"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know
for sure that just ain't so." --- Mark Twain

"Bridger" wrote in message ...
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 02:58:00 GMT, "Al Reid"
wrote:



The only measure that has any value is the HP and torque at the output
shaft. I don't care how many amps go in, I want to know how much HP is
developed.




I doubt you will ever see that information given for a power tool. I
suspect that that number would shock the american buying public, who
think that they own 6 HP vacuum cleaners and such. I doubt that output
HP on one of sears' 6 HP specials would exceed 1/4 HP or so....