I have just had my bench circular saw and slide compound mitre saw die.
The bench saw is 7 years old and has done a reasonable amount of work. The on/off switch is a solenoid that seems to have died. It appears to be shorting when turning off.
The compound saw dies when the saw strikes a snag (stops). I think this saw is 9 years old and has done a reasonable amount of work.
Both saws trip the main circuit breaker, not the breaker on my shed circuit. Should this happen?
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does not cost much to have them checked by a power tool repairer. If there common brands /tools the guy will be able to give u a good idea whats wrong . Beaware the longer u use them in a poor state u may damage beyond repair.
Depends on the brands. If budget brands then 8 or 9 years isnot a bad run,bin them and buy some new ones. If better quality ie Makita etc get em checked out could be a cheap fix
The two saws are cheapies and at $199 and $189, I was already thinking that its probably safer and more economical to replace both. My daughter can buy me one an my son the other for my birthday in a few weeks. I wish / hope.
Decided to check a few items in my elec circuit first before I lashed on new tools. The tools are in a shed that is at the end 4 power boards and 3 extension leads. Found one of the leads was dodgy. So it's a 10m extension cord that is required. I'd already checked that I wasn't overloading the circuit.
Thats not as easy as it sounds as at the end of each lead I have a power board which then has a lead onto another board etc. I have about 36 outlets around my shed in convenient places. However the setup has grown just like topsy. I started today replanning all the leads and boards. First job was to bin the dodgy lead.
Thats not as easy as it sounds as at the end of each lead I have a power board which then has a lead onto another board etc. I have about 36 outlets around my shed in convenient places. However the setup has grown just like topsy. I started today replanning all the leads and boards. First job was to bin the dodgy lead.
You should throw the leads and get the shed hard wired, that's a disaster wafting to happen
The power boards are bolted to fixtures and the leads are also clipped to the walls out of harms way. I actually found it less dangerous to have a plug closest to where I needed to use the tool. Generally I only have one power tool, some lights and a radio going at the same time so overloading is not an issue. The dodgy cord was actually past its use-by date and had perished and was randomly shorting. Interesting that my professionally wired main shed light suffered the same fate a few months ago. Thank god for circuit breakers.
Don't need as many power outlets now as each power tool that dies get replaced with cordless tools (Ryobi 18 & 36V). Just a couple of chargers.
Thats not as easy as it sounds as at the end of each lead I have a power board which then has a lead onto another board etc. I have about 36 outlets around my shed in convenient places. However the setup has grown just like topsy. I started today replanning all the leads and boards. First job was to bin the dodgy lead.
I do hope all those powerboards have an inbuilt 10A OLCB
Thats not as easy as it sounds as at the end of each lead I have a power board which then has a lead onto another board etc. I have about 36 outlets around my shed in convenient places. However the setup has grown just like topsy. I started today replanning all the leads and boards. First job was to bin the dodgy lead.
I do hope all those powerboards have an inbuilt 10A OLCB
Good point. Some do, some don't. The mystery is still why the main house circuit breaker tripped when there is at least one power board with a 10A cutout plus the circuit breaker for the circuit for my garage & shed. I like power boards that have individual switches and a built in circuit breaker. Some of my shed power boards pre-date these features and I'm progressively updating them.
