Problem with Ryobi BT3000 Table Saw

[BT3000Owner]

Hello everyone,

I am new to this forum, and I have a problem with my Ryobi BT3000 Table saw.

I was cutting a 4x4 post on it (which I should have, in retrospect, had assistance on guiding it) when the saw stopped working and would not turn on, after unplugging it, letting it cool down, etc. I believe it was due to the 4x4 binding on the saw blade.

I looked up the owner's manual online and in its troubleshooting section, under the "saw does not start" portion, it says that it could be due to a blown circuit fuse or a tripped circuit breaker. I am pretty sure that it is a blown circuit fuse, but I don't want to go meddling around without any electrical schematics.

Does anyone know of the location of the circuit fuse in question? A schematic would also help is anyone has one available.

Also, if this is in the wrong thread, I apologize, as I said before, I am new to this forum.

[LCHIEN]

troubleshooting BT3 electrical problem.

there is no internal fuse or circuit breaker or temperature cut-out in the BT3's

You either tripped your house breaker, a breaker in any power strip you may have or whatever (open switch, open motor, broken wire or connector).
so 1 check your breaker box at the house for any tripped breakers - it may not be real obvious as on mine for example, the handle of the breaker just shifts a little to the left when tripped.
2, if the breaker is OK, then check the outlet that you had the saw plugged into by plugging in a light.
3. if the light in the same socket works then you have power to the socket. Try plugging in the saw to another outlet.
3. If the saw seems to be at fault, there you can break the BT3 electrical into two parts. One is the saw motor itself which is wired to the short plug on the side of the saw. Use an extension cord to plug this into a known good socket (one that lights a lamp) and see if the motor runs immediately when you plug it in.
4. If the motor runs then the problem is the other part of the BT3 electrical which is the cord, plug and switched outlet on the side of the saw. You can verify this by plugging the BT3 long cord into the wall, plugging a light into the socket on the side and operating the switch to turn on the light...

if it happened while cutting then most likely you tripped a house circuit breaker or burned out the motor. Were you making a long cut (rip) or a crosscut?

[LCHIEN]

If you jam the blade so it can't turn the motor will stall and draw very high current and possibly burn up if left this way for some number of seconds. Usually however, the BT3 belts will break before the motor burns up - an inconvenient and modestly expensive proposition but much cheaper than destroying the motor. IN this case you can hear the motor running but the blade doesn't turn... pretty obvious.

The motor can also burn out if you are loading the motor excessively for a long time, THis is generally when cutting very thick and hard wood an is exacerbated by blade drag due to pitch buildup and inadequate wiring (too small or too long extension cords)
Generally if you are making a crosscut the time would be too short to burn up the motor. But if you are making a long rip cut and the motor is slowing considerably then the motor can overheat and melt the insulation on the wires shorting out the motor (what we refer to as burning out the motor). THis is often but not always accompanied by a bad acrid burnt smell and the motor won't run at all or very slowly and with no power.