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Joined: 22/02/2006
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| Posted: 05:38am 12 Apr 2026 |
Well that was interesting just fired up my 8" grinder which has sat idle ever since I killed the surge on my Kipoint where the inverter used to run it fine.
Used an extension cord and had the on switch on the grinder, now when I turned it on saw a quick glimpse of 8Kw on the energy meter on startup then it dropped down to 2Kw. Once it was upto speed the current draw with the shed around 400 watts.
So thats the first time I seen the surge work so glad I got my 8" grinder back
Now I'm not game as I do have a 25 year old 3Kw air conditioner, I used to run it on my 16hp listeroid engine where I found when hitting the cool switch it used to toss the belt off the engine as the current draw acted like a brake on on the 5Kw genhead.
Edited 2026-04-12 15:43 by Bryan1