Does the circuit breaker work fast enough to keep the engine from straining/burning out if it gets stuck on something too hard to grind?
442759
I have only ground up pork and beef and it has never gotten stuck. I have read that others have used their grinder on chicken with bones but I have not done that.
1559718
On my table saw, I have to hold the button in for about a second or two--until the saw comes up to speed. If I don't hold if long enough and then try to press it again quickly, it will trip the circuit.
1050702
Yes. It turns off really fast too. You have to work quickly to avoid this issue.
327358
Yes, within reason. Make sure you have a fresh battery in and keep the rpm's up.
194830
I doubt if many/any of us have tripped the breaker, so you might not get a solid answer. I've been using two of these for 18 months or so, and have never pushed them that far (nor would I recommend you try to run >15 amps). But it's a circuit breaker, not a fuse, so you should just be able to press the reset button (after reducing the load, obviously!) Hopefully you'll get someone to answer who's actually tripped the breaker, but in absence of that, I wouldn't be concerned about it; that's how a circuit breaker works.
949120
No, it is not designed to handle that kind of amperage. It is used for finding shorted circuits, and for powering up circuits to operate low amperage solenoids and relays and switches.On second thought, you could induce 12 volts to the ignition switch circuit to power up the solenoid, just don't use the Power Probe to bypass the solenoid.
1738191
No! It is way too small a gauge wire to handle the amperage draw to start an engine.
2265098
In my car I'm running a shunt between the alternator and the negative terminal to read the amps, the power was tapped from a cigarette lighter wire. I believe running the tiny power wires to the shunt would fry them when cranking.
621150
I do not believe this will work with the lighter circuit if the circuit is hot all the time. It's been my experience that the circuit has to be interrupted by ignition switch activity to work properly. If you are looking for just voltage source where you activate and turn off your unit, it should work fine.
86047
Yes, no problem if you have a cut off wheel that can spin at 25,000 RPM.Of course you have to be able to get to the bolt you need to cut off.This unit is on the large size of most die grinders, However being electric it will run atspeed much better and longer then an air die grinder unless you have a large air compressorwith unlimited air available. Hope this helps.
180850
If your tripping breakers its because if you are using this outside in low temps. The oil in the crankcase is getting too thick, so either don't use it outside in the winter or try keeping it warm. I only use mine inside and I have had no problems with it at all.
213634
No problem with mine - press silver button, squeeze handles and go. Had three storms since I purchased, and works fine every time. Check another item in plug socket to make sure you didn't trip a breaker.
121976
That's a drawback to the vacuum. I noticed that when I plugged in the vacuum and the grinder to the same residential circuit, it blew the breaker. The vacuum is well worth the investment and performs as Makita claims, even with fine concrete dust. I did not mind walking over and turning off the unit. An isolated 30 amp circuit should work ok.
520054
I am not sure if it is run dry safe it does have a breaker that turns it off when the intake is plugged at least it has for me
1181117
Yes it is. Once it goes off the green expect starting difficulties in high-cranking-voltage machinery.
2237881
There is no reverse option. It does have an internal "breaker" or "fuse". If it does become jammed, the breaker gets kicked and the grinder shuts off on it's own. Once that happens, just turn off the grinder, unplug it, and then you can get into the shaft and take out the obstruction. I've only had it jam on me once but I was grinding turkey legs, bone and all. The leg bones were pretty large.
807498
I run mine on a dedicated 20 amp breaker. So nothing else is running while I'm welding and have had no problems.