Mechanical and electronic overload protection each has its place. Mechanical overload-protection devices, such as the EAS -Compact backlash-free, ball-detent torque-limiting clutch, can disconnect ...
Article 430 contains the specific rules for conductor sizing, overcurrent protection, control circuit conductors, controllers,, and disconnects for electric motors. The installation requirements for ...
A common reaction to an overloaded motor that repeatedly trips its protection unit (or burns open its “heaters”) is to “upgrade” the protection. This “solution” is arrived at after performing some ...