Hello Everyone,

Purchased a Craftsman OR35505 10" tablesaw for Christmas and am having
trouble with it. It will not get up to speed and blows the motor circuit
breaker 10 seconds or so after it is turned on. Plenty of line power, and
circuit wire guage. This machine has a 1.5 hp induction motor. Tried it
with time delay fuses same situation. Anyone have any ideas or similar
experiences.

Thanks

Time to get Sears service out to figure out what is wrong as long as
you are running thru a too long skimpy extension cord

John

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:33:08 -0600, "Art Lindquist"
wrote:

Hello Everyone,

Purchased a Craftsman OR35505 10" tablesaw for Christmas and am having
trouble with it. It will not get up to speed and blows the motor circuit
breaker 10 seconds or so after it is turned on. Plenty of line power, and
circuit wire guage. This machine has a 1.5 hp induction motor. Tried it
with time delay fuses same situation. Anyone have any ideas or similar
experiences.

Thanks

Be sure you're not running off an extension cord that won't handle the load.
HTH
--
LoboMike

"Be the person your dog thinks you are."

"Art Lindquist" wrote in message
...
Hello Everyone,

Purchased a Craftsman OR35505 10" tablesaw for Christmas and am having
trouble with it. It will not get up to speed and blows the motor circuit
breaker 10 seconds or so after it is turned on. Plenty of line power, and
circuit wire guage. This machine has a 1.5 hp induction motor. Tried it
with time delay fuses same situation. Anyone have any ideas or similar
experiences.

Thanks

The motor is not getting the current it needs to run properly and it
overheating.

You probably have too much wire (or too small a wire) between the breaker
box and the saw; either house wiring, or an extension cord. Or there are
other significant loads on the same circuit.

You should be plugged into a 20a #12 circuit, with nothing else on it. A
1.5hp motor draws about 17a when running, and about 50a when starting. That
is a pretty substantial load.
You pretty much need a dedicated 20a circuit for a table saw, or better yet,
change it to 240v.

So,
1) What size cable is the circuit?
2) Are you using an extension cord? What size, how long?
3) How far from the breaker box is the saw?
4) Is anything else on the circuit when you are having problems?

Ideally you should plug the saw into a 20a outlet near the breaker box to
ascertain that there is nothing wrong with the saw, but that might not be
easy.