Surging and now no 240 volt at outlet

the surge is caused by a faultering armture, might be caused by low carbons or sticking carbons, strip the motor down for inspection. Or take it to your local kirby service centre shop for clean and service and polish. price range from 39 to 59

Pop the switch button and reset it, then use a AC volt meter or AC test light plug and if it shows line voltage or the test lights says ok you are good to go.

Not quite sure what your question is - Are you trying to plug a 240 into a 110/120 outlet? Or are you trying to plug this into a 240 3 prong outlet?

Traditionally, table saws don't come with a power cord - you must supply one. Usually on the motor there is a metal plate that describes volts/amps/phase/hp etc. Get the Volts/Amps from this plate, then measure the approximate distance between your table saw and the 240 outlet. The gauge of the power cord depends upon the Volt/Amps and the length of the cord. There are many volts/amps vs length for wire gauge conversions on the net. I always get a bigger wire (smaller gauge) than what is recommended. Expect to pay $100 or more for the cord (don't be cheap here). If you have an under rated cord, you can start a fire, burn up your motor, melt plugs into outlets and have to replace the outlet (don't ask how I know).

I'm a little suspicious of the "white and black" wire from 240 - it's usually "white and red" with a "black" ground. 240 is made from two 120's - opposite sine wave. So black is usually the common ground, while the white and red are the two 120's. Volts between white-red=240, white-black=120, red-black=120. If you're absolutely sure that white-black=240, then you can just connect a ground wire to the motor case. Many home table saws can be wired for 240 or 120 - you need to make sure that you're hooking 240v to the correct wires. If you're uncertain at all, then don't do it.

I have wired 120 to a 240 motor by accident and the motor ran - it had no power and didn't spin at full RPM. You can damage a motor this way, so I wouldn't recommend it. I have never put 240 to a 120 motor - so I don't know what happens (guessing you could burn up the motor coils).

With all that being said, if you have 240 outlet with 3 wire receptacle, then just use a multi-meter to determine the 2 "hot" and the 1 ground. Volts from hot1-hot2=240, hot1-ground=120, hot2-ground=120. If you don't have a multi-meter, buy one (approx $12). Once you have it wired up, then try the motor by flipping the switch on then off again. If the motor didn't spin, then you did something wrong. If it hummed but didn't spin, you have some connections wrong inside of the motor. If it spins the wrong way, then your wiring inside of the motor is wrong (doesn't help to flip the wires on the outlet). If you blew a circuit breaker, then the wiring to the motor is wrong.

there should be a diagram on the label for 110 or 220v-are you sure the last garage you ran it in was 220-it should only run at one of those levels without re-wiring the motor-cheers Denny

Hello

First verify the electrical outlet is working by plugging a lamp or something else in.If your using a power strip be sure the little fuse has not popped out or take the power strip out of the line.

Next verify the power cord for the pc is getting power through it,using a vollt meter plug in the line and measure voltage at other end.

last,move rocker switch on the back top of pc to 120 volt position.If none of the above work you will need to open up the case a see if any thing became loose or disconnected.Possible your on off switch is bad on the pc.

There should be NO problem in actually "Adding: another :Outlet" have you thought of a 20 - 25 Amp Power Strip, Multiway Socket, As long as you DO NOT exceed the Amperage/Wattage of the "Supply" The generator, 5000W, there will be no trouble. You MUST ensure however that this is so.
5000 Watts is 21 Amps, Watts = Amps X Volts. IE: 21Amps x 240 Volts = 5000Watts +/- 10%. So the TOTAL Amps drawn by the SUM of all the things connected must be LOWER than,say 20 AMPS.

washer should NOT be ran from GFCI

If it is popping the GFI reset on the outlet, there may be a leak inside it. GFI's usually only trip in the presence of water creating a path to ground. It could be just starting to leak and shutting off before enough comes out to see. You could try plugging it in to a normal outlet, but you must BE CAREFUL! If there is a leak, don't touch it or unplug it until you kill the power to it by tripping the breaker, pulling the fuse, or unplugging an extension cored at a safe distance. Obviously, if you have a leak, take the necessary steps to fix it.

Hi: Yes, replace the GFI outlet. A refrigerator should not be plugged into one for what you are experiencing and food loss. This was an easy answer for me, but unfortunately not for you The owners manual covers this, but us men don't read them (Well I had to as I worked with them for 30 years). Good luck, Jeff

refrigerators are not supposed to be plugged into gfi outlets as they can operate normally and still trip the gfi protector. try plugging the unit into an unprotected outlet and it should work fine. incidentally you'll probably have to replace the gfi outlet as it has probably weakend from being used on the refrig.