Building and Construction - Need electrical help

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Need electrical help

ILoveJulieChampion@gmail.com

2006-03-27, 12:21 pm

I recently discovered (upon moving into a new home) that I only have
one 120v outlet in my garage. I work for a General Contractor, and I am
only going to be in this town for 2 years (length of current project)
before I get to return home. So...I am renting. Anyways, I have a 15A
(amp) Miter Saw plugged into a 14 gauge outdoor electrical cord that's
plugged into the outlet. I also have a DeWalt and Dremel battery
charger, as well as a halogen work light connected to the other port in
the wall outlet. I am getting some amp drop when I crank up the miter
saw. Trips the breaker about 1 out of every 3-5 uses. (A "use" being
the second I switch the trigger). Any way I can get around having this
happen without wiring a new outlet or moving my entire workstation to
the side of the garage with the outlet? Would that even help? Do I have
enough information? Sorry to seem so ignorant, I just came up as a
mason, so I am not so good with the MEP trades. Any help would be
appriciated.

deviL doG

2006-03-27, 1:21 pm

<ILoveJulieChampion@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I recently discovered (upon moving into a new home) that I only have
> one 120v outlet in my garage. I work for a General Contractor, and I am
> only going to be in this town for 2 years (length of current project)
> before I get to return home. So...I am renting. Anyways, I have a 15A
> (amp) Miter Saw plugged into a 14 gauge outdoor electrical cord that's
> plugged into the outlet. I also have a DeWalt and Dremel battery
> charger, as well as a halogen work light connected to the other port in
> the wall outlet. I am getting some amp drop when I crank up the miter
> saw. Trips the breaker about 1 out of every 3-5 uses. (A "use" being
> the second I switch the trigger). Any way I can get around having this
> happen without wiring a new outlet or moving my entire workstation to
> the side of the garage with the outlet? Would that even help? Do I have
> enough information? Sorry to seem so ignorant, I just came up as a
> mason, so I am not so good with the MEP trades. Any help would be
> appriciated.
>
When you say: "trip the breaker", do you mean tripping the ground fault
breaker on the garage outlet (or somewhere else in the house), or the 15 amp
circuit breaker in the electric service panel?
A 20 amp circuit should handle the work light and saw, but a 15 amp outlet
will not (know from experience). You may need to run another cord for the
light from another outlet connected to a separate circuit.

J.C.

2006-03-27, 1:21 pm

<ILoveJulieChampion@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I recently discovered (upon moving into a new home) that I only have
> one 120v outlet in my garage. I work for a General Contractor, and I am
> only going to be in this town for 2 years (length of current project)
> before I get to return home. So...I am renting. Anyways, I have a 15A
> (amp) Miter Saw plugged into a 14 gauge outdoor electrical cord that's
> plugged into the outlet. I also have a DeWalt and Dremel battery
> charger, as well as a halogen work light connected to the other port in
> the wall outlet. I am getting some amp drop when I crank up the miter
> saw. Trips the breaker about 1 out of every 3-5 uses. (A "use" being
> the second I switch the trigger). Any way I can get around having this
> happen without wiring a new outlet or moving my entire workstation to
> the side of the garage with the outlet? Would that even help? Do I have
> enough information? Sorry to seem so ignorant, I just came up as a
> mason, so I am not so good with the MEP trades. Any help would be
> appriciated.
>

If it was me, I would put an outdoor plug at the breaker box or as close to
it as I could get. Then I would buy me a 100' or 250' roll of 12 gauge UF
wire, put a plug on one end and a 4 service receptacle on the other and saw
wherever I wanted to. Plus, when I moved I'd take it with me. You can even
get one of those roll up jiggers to roll it up very easily when your done.

Grumman-581

2006-03-27, 1:21 pm

"J.C." <jccsplace@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> You can even get one of those roll up jiggers to
> roll it up very easily when your done.

Just don't use it while rolled up for a prolonged period of time with any
sort of high amperage load on it... Saw an individual do that with a
commercial popcorn popper at a carnival one day... It melted the roll of
extension cord into one big smoking mess...

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