spacemule
The Peanut Gallery
I know what you mean about the sheathing on the earth/ground wire. I've worked on quite a few myself and they are pretty much all like that. What I don't understand is the wire wears as it is touching the inside of the plastic shroud and obviously the vibrations of the motor cause the damage. What I don't understand is how this could cause the symptom Ned describes?
There is nothing for the bare wire to ground on where it is and I don't see how a change of position, tilting the saw forward, is going to make it contact on anything?
Or maybe I'm misunderstanding you???
You'd be surprised how far a bare kill switch wire will arc.