Yeh, she said we had contractors working in the back that blew out the outlet some months back when no-one was home. It seems they took out the outlet and must have repaired it somehow sub-par. Not sure what they did and never would have suspected a standard 20A outlet on a brand new house. It was a fluke.

 

Yeh, she said we had contractors working in the back that blew out the outlet some months back when no-one was home. It seems they took out the outlet and must have repaired it somehow sub-par. Not sure what they did and never would have suspected a standard 20A outlet on a brand new house. It was a fluke.

Ahh, that's not a fluke!

Is the new outlet rated 20A? What's the breaker rating?

If the contractors fried it, you may have to take them to small claims court to get them to pay for it.

See if your builder will repair the outlet under your home warranty. Many builders have an all-inclusive 1-year warranty on new homes.

 

Mr. comcity your wife actually used the universal troubleshooting process.
You cannot jump to the next step untill you are 100% sure. Actually home AC plugs are not designed for industrial use and they will not perform good on high power tools.

1.Operator error

2.Bad wire connections

3.Power supply problems

4.Active components

5.Passive components

 

Is the new outlet rated 20A? What's the breaker rating?

Well it must not be 20A.
All the standard outlet breakers are 20Amp.

Since it was GFI, I figured it would trip the GFI breaker first if it was pulling more than 20Amps. Also I never could figure out why it would work in the morning but not in the evening....not something you normally attribute to an outlet.

However, I know its not pulling more than 20Amps though because I'm using a 15Amp rated (12 gauge) extension cord currently and have added 12Ft to the length.

However, the saw is still definetly borderline @15 once warm....it definetly wants to pull a lot of juice.

 

A GFCI isn't a overcurrent protection device!. It's designed to look for an imbalance between lines and shut down when it sees one.If the wire gauge is #14 and the service panel is on the other end of the house from the garage, that would account for a voltage drop, especially if the is a loose(high resistance) connection in between.It's a common problem,especially in older houses. If the wire size is #14 it should have a 15 amp breaker on it.Glad to see you got it figured out.

 

Well --- blew the brand new Start capacitor on the second turn-on in the house...had to go back to the old one.

Running a 12 guage extension cord from inside the house seems to work ok. Cut 8 bricks...

Wow this was an awesome thread I also have a brick saw with very similar problem. I will check the cord .