Aldi Bandsaw trips power

ScaredyCat · 3 Jun 2018

Just picked up an Aldi bandsaw along with one of those little vacuums they have.

Did all the adjustments on the bandsaw, plugged in and it trips the power each time. Is there something fundamentally wrong with it or have I done something, missed something ?

lurker · 3 Jun 2018

whilst unplugged, do the wheels rotate freely?

ScaredyCat · 3 Jun 2018

lurker":sd64b01w said:
whilst unplugged, do the wheels rotate freely?

They rotate with very little effort but don't spin freely as such, they stop within 0.5/1 second if I manually give them a whirl.

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Seiken · 3 Jun 2018

When you say it trips the power as soon as you plug it in, do you mean that you don't get as far as pressing the NVR on button or that when you press that the power trips. Is it the MCB tripping indicating overcurrent or the RCCB indicating an earth fault?

user22161 · 3 Jun 2018

What's tripping? is it a breaker or the RCD? If a breaker, try it on another circuit with a higher amperage one (maybe the cooker circuit) or, a circuit with a type B or C breaker.

ScaredyCat · 3 Jun 2018

Sorry I wasn't being clear...

When I push the green button on the NVR both the rcd* on the circuit and the main house breaker trip.

Is it likely that the induction motor is pulling too much current? I run my Dewalt 745 off the same connection (not at the same time

) and it's fine but it's not an induction motor - nothing else I own has an induction motor.

* the main breaker trips, when I turn it back on, the rcd trips. I turn that on and everything else powers backup. (computers etc).

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bourbon · 3 Jun 2018

that sounds like it is a direct earth fault. I had the same refurbishing a planner thicknesser, I had nicked the wire and hadn't noticed. Save yourself hassle and take it back.