Originally Posted by arcwick
Alright, going to strap on the thinking boots, lets see if I've got this somewhere near right;
When I take the face panel off my circuit box, there are two "big honkin" wires that come in.
It is slightly difficult due to the mass of wire in there (and my reluctance to shove my hand inside and move things) to tell what these two are connected to.
Inside the box, are the legs as simple as each side of the panel?
I understand the conversion of amps*volts=watts, what I'm missing is...if I run the saw at 240V at 8A, then the load is 49A...how/why does that mean the neutral will only see 3 amps?
Thanks again for your patience and help!!