wiring a 230v 13amp saw motor

Sure Rj why not

Depends on the length of the wire. For instance it it's 42 miles long then the lower voltage to the motor could eventually damage it. In the meantime however you might verify that 10 ga is big enough to handle 30 amps esp if lengthy cord

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How come you could not give him the answer right away, with one of your usual crappy links?

Any simple AWG table will show you that a 10 gauge is well adapted to a 30 amp breaker.



No, definitely not.

Because Tim I'm such a crappy person

thanks to Tim and Dale.
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Install a 30/2 CB. Install a 30 Amp 240V Receptacle. Because your shop has multiple 50Amp receptacles I would not set the cord up to use on a 50 amp receptacle because someone may plug it into one of your 50 amp circuits and that could create a problem. At 13 amps a 20ft #10 cord would have less than a 1 volt drop, so no problem there.

Above Bah I had asked "Why not"



Quite right, hadn't occurred to me

Bahtah is right that you should definitely change the receptacle. Since I'm sure the saw did not come with a 50 amp plug attached, how did you intend on plugging it into the 50 amp receptacle? If the saw comes with a 30 amp cord cap, replace the receptacle with that of a matching configuration (30 amp). I'm guessing it came with a 20 amp cord attached. I would use a 240v 20 amp receptacle and change the circuit breaker to a 2- pole 20 amp to get better over current protection more closely matching your 13 amp motor. You will need to pigtail the wire in a junction box (4 11/16) since the heavier gauge (probably #6) won't fit on the device, and in the panel.

Incidentally, plugging a 13 amp saw into one of the 50 amp circuits won't create a "problem". It's the opposite actually, that plugging your 50 amp loads into your 30 amp circuit breaker protected outlet is where the problem will be.

The saw is a Powermatic PM2000 with the following specs:
Motor Power (HP) 3
Motor Phase 1
Motor Voltage (V.) 230
Motor Current (Amps) 13

It does not come with any plug, just the white/black/geen wires (10g) coming out of the on/off switch. I was thinking of putting a 50 AMP plug on that end (matches whats on the wall), and making a 20 ft extension with the same plug/receptacle. So everything would be 50 amp to the wall receptacle and i would change out the breaker to 30 AMP. I thought that this configuration would help me avoid the issue of different wire gauges and pigtails. There is very little chance of anyone plugging in the wrong wire since this is my personal hobby shop and i only have 1 big machine - the saw.

Thanks in advance for everyones advice.