Posted by Bob Bancroft on February 05, 2013 at 11:46:56 from (67.140.253.65):
Visiting our son in a new house squeezed into a development in Mooresville NC. He has a used "Shop Smith" which claims to be 2 HP. When we tried to run it, it balked at starting, and tripped the 20A 110V breaker occasionally. If I was home, along with having the motor checked out(maybe just a capacitor) I would change the whole set-up over to 220V. But he would have to put in the receptacle, in this rented house. And I'm guessing the switch in the machine is single pole. I didn't realize until afterwards that his only outlet in the garage was GFCI. Yet that never tripped. I thought anything of any size, particularly with a motor, had enough leakage that it wouldn't work with GFCI. So is it possible this motor is tight enough it might not trip a GFCI? The receptacle right NEXT to the kitchen sink is not GFCI! The one by the downstairs bathroom sink is, as well as the one in the garage, but the outside ones, as well as the recep. by the upstairs bathroom sink are not GFCI. I'm confused, unless, this place got wired haphazardly, and/or do I recall from somewhere that regular receptacles can be "piggy backed" off a GFCI recep? I guess I'll recommend he get the motor checked over. He's not comfortable with doing any wiring. So that will stay the same for now. Thoughts?
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