TomMc
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- Location
- North Liberty, IN USA
Ok this may take a little to unpack and explain but i’ll Give it a try.
I recently purchased and old style large bandsaw that originally had a 3phase motor and motor starter with 110v starter coil. The previous owner had already replaced the motor with a 1.5 hp 120v motor and had reconfigured the wiring and was using the original selector on off switch to power the motor while it did work and did not trip the GFCI receptacle it was plugged into I did not like this setup and all the current flowing throw the low amperage selector switch. So since there was a contactor still available I rewired the saw back to original utilizing the motor starter. Now when I push the start button 8 out of 10 times it trips the GFCI receptacle the other 2 times everything works perfectly. The saw is plugged into a 20 amp circuit that is protected by a 20amp P&S GFCI receptacle. Your help and invite is appreciated
I recently purchased and old style large bandsaw that originally had a 3phase motor and motor starter with 110v starter coil. The previous owner had already replaced the motor with a 1.5 hp 120v motor and had reconfigured the wiring and was using the original selector on off switch to power the motor while it did work and did not trip the GFCI receptacle it was plugged into I did not like this setup and all the current flowing throw the low amperage selector switch. So since there was a contactor still available I rewired the saw back to original utilizing the motor starter. Now when I push the start button 8 out of 10 times it trips the GFCI receptacle the other 2 times everything works perfectly. The saw is plugged into a 20 amp circuit that is protected by a 20amp P&S GFCI receptacle. Your help and invite is appreciated