mitre saw that uses 900Watt or less?

V). i want to be able to run it on a Honda 1.0i generator which is rated a t 900W continuous, 1000W short burst.

ywords=chop+saw+1000W

A small transformer would trim that down to 900w. But a 900w genny won't ru n a 900w motor. Gennys are specced in VA not watts, a 900w motor is going t o take somewhere around 1.2x900 = 1080VA continuous. Then there's startin g current, which might be 3x run current, perhaps 3kVA for a 1kVA saw. An i nvertor gen would baulk at that, an old electromechanical genny may be ok w ith it.

A variac is another approach, wind it up until it trips, back off until it doesn't.

NT

A bit pricey but I am sure I saw it for less.

I tried running a "900W" saw on a Honda EU2000i and it simply tripped out whenever you started the saw. A much older "2kW" non-inverter generator of unknown manufacture did the same.

Start currents for electric motors are high. Anywhere near 900W will cause the generator to trip out.

You might get round that with a switch: start on 110v and switch to 240. Or given that load is zero during startup, a series dropper could do a similar job if no 110v output.

NT

Sidestep the problem:

to run it on a Honda 1.0i generator which is rated at 900W continuous,

That genny won't do that job. I had one and it wouldn't even drive a

Bill

Thank you all for your helpful comments. It sounds as if I am not going get anything that will be useful to run on my small generator.

The idea of running teh motor up an a Variac is intersting. But I haven't touched (or even seen) a Variac for 40 years.

RObert

keep the Central Heating running - and possibly your computer

Come & see mine.

You can still get them on ebay, and surprisingly they are still made, albeit in very small numbers. There's no reason you couldn't run a saw on that genny, just not that saw _at 240v_. So expect reduced speed - but to what extent we don't know.

Or make your own tablesaw with a handheld circular, then you can come down on the power scale. It's easy to do.

NT

This one is fine for under 900W ..... have one myself:

I wouldn't rely on it working with the genny. Chances are that it has a start-up current far in excess of the 4 amps or so it takes under steady state conditions.

If your genny is like my 2.0i, overloading it - even for a fraction of a second - sends it into some sort of limp-home mode from which you can't recover without shutting it down and re-starting it.

heh. That surely would work. But why folk still buy those I don't know.

NT

Looking at the picture, I suspect its start-up current is remarkably low ;-)

I bought one about 30 years ago. It still works. I splashed out £2 on a new blade recently. :)

Oops - you just might be right! ['Fraid I didn't check the link, and assumed it was an electric one!]