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		kens on Aug 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How can we make air conditioners more efficient? [... I was at a shop that had a "wall of shame" with sawstop cartridges that had tripped when people tried to saw wet wood, metallized plastic, and other conductive materials.

jjav on Aug 23, 2021 [–]

The detection can be disabled for the case of cutting conductive materials.

slownews45 on Aug 23, 2021 | [–]

It can also be used to sense if the wood is too wet - go to bypass, then do a cut in wettest part and you'll get an indication.

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