Dewalt 735 owners: good on 15A breaker?

[Gator95]

Planer search leaning towards a refurb Dewalt 735... assuming MS live rebate comes back soon. Any issues using it in an outlet that runs through a 15A breaker? Obviously nothing else will be running through that outlet at same time.

Just want to check before I pull trigger. FWIW my Ridgid 3660 Saw gets plugged into that outlet when in use and has never tripped the breaker, including the one time I tried to feed 8/4 ash way too quick and stalled the blade

[mpc]

I run mine on a 15amp outlet in the garage... fed by aluminum wire throughout the house. Works fine, never had an issue with the breakers tripping.

Having said that... maybe my breakers are bad? I can run a Ridgid shop vac as a dust collector and my 13-amp style BT3000 on the same outlet - I use that "dust collector" switch from Woodcraft that turns on the shop vac when the saw is ON. No tripped breakers yet... no wall fires either.

mpc

[drumpriest]

I use a 735 on a 15amp breaker, never have had a problem. It's either the only thing running, or it's accompanied by a jet air cleaner on the low setting. 95% of the time it's the only thing running on that circuit. I have not had a problem, I also don't take a ton of material off in a pass.

I love the planer so far, I do have trouble keeping the DC hose on it, I use a quick connect, and the planer has dust assist, it tends to shoot the hose right off, crazy.

[sweensdv]

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I love the planer so far, I do have trouble keeping the DC hose on it, I use a quick connect, and the planer has dust assist, it tends to shoot the hose right off, crazy.

drumpriest, try using a fairly short linchpin to secure your hose to the quick connect. That's what I use on the quick connect for my jointer hook-up and it works great.

[LCHIEN]

Guys, 15A tools don't draw 15 amps all the time, and 15A breakers don't trip at exactly 15A.

First of all, the tool is rated for 15A max current, that means when normally loaded it will drw somewhere between the no-load running current (never specified but might be in the 4-8A range) and 15A. There's really no stopper at 15A, you have to be working very hard cutting (hard or thick material at a fast rate) or be stalled to draw that current. Normal cutting or planing would probably only take you to say about 10 Amps.

Similarly the breaker is not a black and white device that trips the moment the current hits 15A.they are both magnetically and thermally tripped. The magnetic portion ensires it will trip rapidly at current exceeding 10X the rating so that a dead short will be shut down fast. But the thermal trip portion works below 10X, it takes awhile to heat up because of the mass and trips as a function of overcurrent and time. So that motor which draw 5-7X the running current when starting won't trip the breaker. At 15 AMps it will probably stay on forever, at 17 amps it might take 30 minutes to trip and at 20 amps, it might take a minute to trip. at 30Amps it might take 1/2 second. This forgiving nature allows momentary overloads without tripping the breaker, such as you might encounter when hitting a knot when cutting or planing.

So to answer the original question, there should be no problem at all running a 15A tool on a 15 amp breaker, the tool will usually be running much less than 15A and the breaker will actually allow a lot of leeway in exceeding 15A under conditions that a tool encounters. And it still does well at protecting your house from overcurrent situations that can cause a fire.