Thread: Jointer and thicknesser options.

He didn't, But i'm pretty sure most of our breakers are greater than 10A to allow for extra points to be added.

Well that's the thing, the breaker on the adaptor wasn't tripping like I would have expected. Nothing at all was happening. I guess there's always the chance that the jointer is faulty but at this point I'll assume it's the power supply.

It's only 10 metres from the circuit board. It's an older house so I'm guessing it's just a case of not being able to meet the demands of the machine.

Looks like I might have to get a sparky in. Thanks for the replies!

Originally Posted by chode

Well that's the thing, the breaker on the adaptor wasn't tripping like I would have expected. Nothing at all was happening. I guess there's always the chance that the jointer is faulty but at this point I'll assume it's the power supply.

It's only 10 metres from the circuit board. It's an older house so I'm guessing it's just a case of not being able to meet the demands of the machine.

Looks like I might have to get a sparky in. Thanks for the replies!

When you say older house. Be careful. It depends what you mean by old. Old wires degrade over time. Esp the very old technology. Also even when they were new they may not have had the same margin of error.
It could be the start up current but then I wonder why nothing tripped. Does that circuit have an old style fuse rather than a mini circuit breaker at the distribution box?
I definitely recommend you get a sparky to look at it. Actually I believe it is a legal and insurance requirement to do so.


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Originally Posted by Bohdan

I bet that the sparky also changed the size of the breaker as it is against the rules to fit a 15A outlet on a 10A breaker.

You can fit a 400A outlet to a 10A breaker if you want. It's the breaker that limits what you can do. Power circuits are protected by a breaker rated from 16A to 25A depending on the installation. Swapping to a 15A outlet is fine as long as there is not excessive load on the circuit.

Originally Posted by chode

Well that's the thing, the breaker on the adaptor wasn't tripping like I would have expected. Nothing at all was happening. I guess there's always the chance that the jointer is faulty but at this point I'll assume it's the power supply.

Plug the adapter in and switch the outlet on. Push the test button on the RCD on the adapter. The breaker should trip. You need to turn it off then on to reset it. Plug something else into the 15A outlet and see if it works.
Although there is a 15A plug on the machine it won't necessarily draw 15A. It may run off a standard GPO just fine.