[Shotimes] [OT] Air compressor blowing fuses

[Paul Nimz]

What size wire do you have feeding that circuit?  Fuses should be sized for
the wire not the load in such circuits.  Better have at least 12ga for 20A
and 10ga for 30A.  A 240V circuit is the answer.  Do you have two individual
circuits going to the area?

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Mucher" <mmucher@bellsouth.net>
To: "'van Oss'" <vanOss@centurytel.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] [OT] Air compressor blowing fuses


> Yes, I have.  (They're the round, screw-in type.) And I haven't run the
> compressor in a few months.
>
> I wonder if I dare try a 30A to see if the compressor would break loose?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: van Oss [mailto:vanOss@centurytel.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:51 PM
> To: Mark Mucher
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] [OT] Air compressor blowing fuses
>
> Have you tried slow-blowing fuses?
>
> They make special fuses for power tools.  I have to use them in my garage
or
> the table saw blows a fuse every time.
>
> Joseph van Oss
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Mucher" <mmucher@bellsouth.net>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 4:58 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] [OT] Air compressor blowing fuses
>
>
> While we're talking tools...
>
> My big Craftsman air compressor is blowing fuses in my home when I turn it
> on.
>
> It happens so fast I can't hear the compressor start to turn over.
>
> I've tried it on two different 20A circuits.
>
> Any suggestions (other than to drag it to Sears service)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
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