Re: Has anyone received a new Format 4 machine with the new touchpad?
I'm jelly! Working on on a poor man's retrofit for my saw, with just a small set of functionality. We'll see how it goes!
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Sang Luu
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
Felder service typically calls before coming out to commission the machine and asks questions about the electrical service. Often they ask for voltage readings, etc. John, Sang Luu¡¯s first reply to
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David P. Best
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
How would the tech even know?? ?Is it not already connected to power?? And how?is it connected?? Did it come with a plug?? Did you attach a plug?? Are you hard-wiring into a junction box?
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mark thomas
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 10:43 AM, Mark Kessler wrote No.? A circuit breaker's only function is to protect the wires from the breaker to the device (here, a table saw.)? The circuit breaker has no
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mark thomas
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
Mark, I went back and read the post and your right I didn't answer the question. If that was a dedicated 20A circuit he could most likely get away with using it. I would run a separate dedicated
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bleiler60@...
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
I doubt your tech will care.? When it's all said and done, as has been noted: * the breaker protects the wiring * the saw will attempt to run on any wiring you give it, whether sized correctly or not
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Michael Garrison Stuber
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
I did not mean to poke a hornet¡¯s nest here! The discussion has been most interesting, though. The NEC is really complicated. My background is the AASHTO Bridge code and the structural portions of
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John Hinman
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
Bill, at risk of being annoyingly repetitive, I would again note that you're not addressing the poster's question.? ?You are providing perfectly good advice for someone who is planning to install a
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mark thomas
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
The NEC is of nearly Quranic complexity.? ?Almost nothing can be definitely demonstrated by quoting simple fragments.? Every other sentence in the NEC references other sections, footnotes, and
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mark thomas
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
One other thing to dig the hole even deeper, and Mark T don¡¯t go off the deep end ? as i am not claiming anything here but wouldn¡¯t/couldn¡¯t we want to know what the motor protection is as
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Mark Kessler
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Re: Has anyone received a new Format 4 machine with the new touchpad?
I just received a call from Carl.? According to Felder at the Factory, my profil 45 will come with the new touch panel! Hopefully we are still on target for the time frame! PK
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PK
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
Bill, I guess I will stop here. I just don¡¯t want people to read this thread and think they can wire connected resistive loads for the full amperage of the CB, which is implied here. Imran
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imran
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
Imran I think Mark is coming at this technically and you are starting to get into the weeds with the code stuff, nothing wrong with that, but in this case figuring out what size breaker and wire gauge
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bleiler60@...
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
If interested, a free online copy of the NEC is available here. You will need to register and select the free option vs the enhanced version offered by this outfit.
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imran
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
Mark, I was concerned about that, as I alluded to you in my DM . Care to share the relevant code? Imran
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imran
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
You're not understanding the NEC after you glanced at some random decades-old document fragment (not NEC) that you found on the internet? Hmm...
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mark thomas
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
Mark & Bleiler, https://www.fs.fed.us/database/acad/elec/greenbook/3_basicdesigns.pdf Here is the relevant part from the above link: I am not following how, per code, one can connect more than 16A of
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imran
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
yes & no. What Mark is saying is technically true. As I've said in a previous post, I worked in the trade for a number of years and every electrical contractor & electricians I have worked with used
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bleiler60@...
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
Another example of not at all reading the thread.? No one even hinted at doing this. Also not this.? ?The machine under discussion has never even been turned on the first time,? let alone is it
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mark thomas
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Re: Motor rating vs circuit size
Wiring on the outside of a wall done right is a beautiful thing!!!!!!!!! On the inside of a wall in a shop is a major pain in the ass!!!!!! Mac,,, martin/campshure/co/llc mac campshure 7412 elmwood
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mac campshure
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