Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Warner View Post
It's usually just me and a PT guy, but it doesn't bother me when I have a couple hundred HP worth of motors running. Heck the gang rip is 75hp. If I get two moulders running at the same time, that's over 265 hp.

My planer is almost 20hp running, rip saw is 20hp running.
You have a few separate collectors going in a decent sized shop and you will have at least 20hp+ combined running. If you are worried about start up, add a soft start.

Be days I run everything, then days nothing is on because I am working on customers equipment.
No doubt. The load of a molding operation is a lot different than multiple small stations that are not running simultaneously. Comparing 3 machines eating 265 HP is a heck of a lot different than a 20HP DC servicing a single shaper. Its apples and oranges.