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mitre saw that uses 900Watt or less?
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mitre saw that uses 900Watt or less?
On Sat, 10 Dec 2016 04:06:33 -0800 (PST),
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On Saturday, 10 December 2016 11:55:32 UTC, RobertL wrote:
Does anyone know of a simple mitre saw that uses less than 900 Watts (240V). i want to be able to run it on a Honda 1.0i generator which is rated at 900W continuous, 1000W short burst.
A small transformer would trim that down to 900w. But a 900w genny won't run a 900w motor. Gennys are specced in VA not watts, a 900w motor is going to
take somewhere around 1.2x900 = 1080VA continuous. Then there's starting current, which might be 3x run current, perhaps 3kVA for a 1kVA saw.
An invertor gen would baulk at that, an old electromechanical genny may be ok with it.
I tried running a "900W" saw on a Honda EU2000i and it simply tripped
out whenever you started the saw. A much older "2kW" non-inverter
generator of unknown manufacture did the same.
2kW of lighting both were quite happy to power.
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