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A question for the sparkies out there if you will please.
I have a 2 kW electric chainsaw which trips the 16 A circuit breaker which feeds the garage at start up. What sort and where can I source a suitable current inrush limiter? Preferably just one I can plug the chainsaw straight into but I'm OK for some simple soldering if that keeps it simple and costs down.
My googling suggests I may require 6x the average load current for startup - so 48 A if I calculate correctly. Would I get away with plugging into a 32 A circuit breaker protected circuit? I guess it depends on the time required for the breaker to trip compared with the time the surge lasts?
TIA
I have a 2 kW electric chainsaw which trips the 16 A circuit breaker which feeds the garage at start up. What sort and where can I source a suitable current inrush limiter? Preferably just one I can plug the chainsaw straight into but I'm OK for some simple soldering if that keeps it simple and costs down.
My googling suggests I may require 6x the average load current for startup - so 48 A if I calculate correctly. Would I get away with plugging into a 32 A circuit breaker protected circuit? I guess it depends on the time required for the breaker to trip compared with the time the surge lasts?
TIA
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