On Saturday, 10 December 2016 14:43:27 UTC, Peter Parry wrote:
On Sat, 10 Dec 2016 04:06:33 -0800 (PST), tabbypurr wrote:
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.

You might get round that with a switch: start on 110v and switch to 240. Or given that load is zero during startup, a series dropper could do a similar job if no 110v output.


NT