If I had your problem right now, the first thing I would do is validate the "20amp circuit" that you are using.putttn wrote:I do have the telephone and the shop lights (2tubes) running off a extension panel (5 plugins) like you'd see in a office for office machines. There is also one of those tin clip on lights with a 75 watt bulb running off that strip. If I try and run the SS with my 330 it will trip the breaker too. I run it off another circuit.
Is it truly a 20amp circuit or is it a 14ga home run with a 20amp breaker? You should be able to utilize any of the SPT mounted on the Shopsmith on a 15amp circuit. The small devises that you describe as sharing this service are negligible.
To make certain I was comfortable with what I just said, I just ran the Shopsmith with the band saw and the DC3300 on the same 15amp circuit to see if it would trip the breaker. It did not. The dust collector was turned on first and then the Shopsmith (at saw speed) was turned on.
I repeated this test again, with a small lamp plugged into the same circuit. I wanted to see if the light would dim during the Shopsmith start up. It did not. This one test alone tells me that the voltage on that 15amp circuit did not drop significantly during the Shopsmith start up. If the circuit was being loaded at a level greater than it was designed for (wired for), the voltage would not remain stable (the light would dim momentarily).
puttn
Can you momentarily move your entire operation to a different location (or power it from a different circuit). This would either convict your Mark V as a current hog or convict the circuit you have been using as inadequate.
Are you operating in a location where power is logically assumed to be adequate. If you are in the wood shed out back, at the far end of the south forty, the answer is NO.
