When I plug in my new 220V bandsaw - I feel serious 'tingling' if I touch the saw's table.
I'm told I have a 'voltage leak'? Is this what a 'voltage leak' feels like?
I just wired-up both the saw and the 220 outlet w/ help from a prior thread titled:
Help: Wiring 220 bandsaw: 2hots+ground, no 'white' ?
My first Conjecture: Things are wired-up correctly. My problem is a singed/damaged part of the 220-line.
When making the 220-wall outlet, re-purposing an old kitchen oven line I had in my crawlspace,
I had noticed that the metal cladding is singed-thru at a point in the run between my main panel and my outlet.
Observations:
My bandsaw runs. It may be running below full bore - unclear.
Tingling is present when bandsaw is off, didn't check if same tingling when machine's on.
I'm a novice - Does below approach make sense to test the 220-line as my first conjecture ? :
Get a volt-meter.
Test 1: Use the ground-wire of a nearby 110 outlet. With saw plugged in, put 1 probe on saw's table-top and other connected to 110-outlet's ground. I expect to register some voltage - verifying I have a problem.
Test 2: One-by-one, probe each of the 3 wires of the 220 line, again paired with the 110-outlet's ground.
I expect to see some voltage thru my 220-white to 110-outlet ground, when it shouldn't have any.
Then I'll know my problem is this 220-line. If no voltage, then my problem is within the saw.
There is no use in tests amongst the 3 wires of my 220V outlet: i.e. Red to White(ground), and the Black to White(ground). Correct?
If 220-line is my problem (and not the saw) - Then: I try cutting out the 'singed' part of the 220-line.
Thank you for guidance.
I'm told I have a 'voltage leak'? Is this what a 'voltage leak' feels like?
I just wired-up both the saw and the 220 outlet w/ help from a prior thread titled:
Help: Wiring 220 bandsaw: 2hots+ground, no 'white' ?
My first Conjecture: Things are wired-up correctly. My problem is a singed/damaged part of the 220-line.
When making the 220-wall outlet, re-purposing an old kitchen oven line I had in my crawlspace,
I had noticed that the metal cladding is singed-thru at a point in the run between my main panel and my outlet.
Observations:
My bandsaw runs. It may be running below full bore - unclear.
Tingling is present when bandsaw is off, didn't check if same tingling when machine's on.
I'm a novice - Does below approach make sense to test the 220-line as my first conjecture ? :
Get a volt-meter.
Test 1: Use the ground-wire of a nearby 110 outlet. With saw plugged in, put 1 probe on saw's table-top and other connected to 110-outlet's ground. I expect to register some voltage - verifying I have a problem.
Test 2: One-by-one, probe each of the 3 wires of the 220 line, again paired with the 110-outlet's ground.
I expect to see some voltage thru my 220-white to 110-outlet ground, when it shouldn't have any.
Then I'll know my problem is this 220-line. If no voltage, then my problem is within the saw.
There is no use in tests amongst the 3 wires of my 220V outlet: i.e. Red to White(ground), and the Black to White(ground). Correct?
If 220-line is my problem (and not the saw) - Then: I try cutting out the 'singed' part of the 220-line.
Thank you for guidance.
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