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wbjones UltraDork
9/21/12 8:36 p.m.

nderwater wrote:
Trans_Maro wrote:
SillyImportRacer wrote:
The electric tool people are lying again. There's no way a 110vac shop vac can make 5hp on 15 amps. 110V at 15A is good for about 1.5hp The marketing people are lying again and using the locked rotor torque of the motor to calculate hp. If tried to get all 5hp out of the motor, you'd let the smoke out. This used to give me fits trying to explain to folks that there is no way the portable air compressor they just bought at Lowes is actually a 5hp compressor when it plug into an outlet.
Maybe the vac peaks at 5hp for a fraction of a second? After all, this is a graphic that says one horse generates 15 horsepower.

yeah, the in-rush current is probably enough to briefly touch the 5hp pt.

Gasoline Dork
9/21/12 8:43 p.m.

Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/21/12 8:55 p.m.

erasmus229 Reader
9/21/12 10:11 p.m.

In reply to DustoffDave: Its across the street from the Ford store on US2 by the Verizon place and the old Wal-mart. East of town heading up to C Falls. It'll be on the right.