To start, I realize that this may seem like a bit of a basic question but I'm looking for a little advice here.
Here's my dilema/questions... I have a good portable table saw (Hitachi) but I am having problems with it tripping breakers at customer sites quite often. It's always when it's on a 15A circuit (the saw is 13A). The majority of the time when it trips breakers is seems like it is because the saw bogs down in the middle of a piece of wood. It's almost like if the blade binds a bit, the breaker gets tripped. It has done it with 2X PT and cedar or 5/4 PT and cedar. Of course, wetter wood doesn't help the situation.
My questions are:
1. Shoud I be cutting the wood with the grain up or down? Or does it even matter?
2. Was is the best height to set the blade at to help prevent the above situation - should it be just above the top of the wood, or an inch or so above the top of the wood, or as high as possible?
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.
Here's my dilema/questions... I have a good portable table saw (Hitachi) but I am having problems with it tripping breakers at customer sites quite often. It's always when it's on a 15A circuit (the saw is 13A). The majority of the time when it trips breakers is seems like it is because the saw bogs down in the middle of a piece of wood. It's almost like if the blade binds a bit, the breaker gets tripped. It has done it with 2X PT and cedar or 5/4 PT and cedar. Of course, wetter wood doesn't help the situation.
My questions are:
1. Shoud I be cutting the wood with the grain up or down? Or does it even matter?
2. Was is the best height to set the blade at to help prevent the above situation - should it be just above the top of the wood, or an inch or so above the top of the wood, or as high as possible?
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.