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Motors
Part 7 – Sizing Motor Branch Circuit Protection and OCPDs
How to Select OCPDs and Right Size Breaker / Fuse for Motor Overcurrent Protection? Sizing Branch Circuit Protection for Motors The sizing of overcurrent protection devices (OCPDs) for motor branch-circuit…
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Part 6 – Sizing Motor Feeder Conductors and Cables
How to Determine the Correct Wire Size for Feeder Supplying Multiple Motors? In previous sections on motor circuit calculations, we determined conductor sizing, overcurrent protection, and overload protection with solved…
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Part 5 – Sizing Motor Branch Circuit Conductors and Cables
How to Determine the Correct Wire Size for Motor Branch Circuit? Sizing Motor Branch Circuit Conductors Sizing the conductors for motor branch circuit is selected at 125% of the motor…
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Part 4 – Calculating Locked Rotor Current (LRC) for Motors
How to Determine the Value of Locked-Rotor Current (LRC) for Induction Motors? What is Locked-Rotor Current (LRC)? Locked-rotor current (LRC) is the maximum starting current drawn by an electric motor…
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Part 3 – Understanding NEMA Motor Nameplate Data and Marking
How to Read NEMA Motor Nameplates Data Printed on It for Motor Circuits? What is NEMA? NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association) is a U.S.-based trade association that develops and publishes…
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Part 2 – NEC Requirements for Motor Circuits
General Requirements for the Design, Installation, and Protection of Motors, Motor Circuits, Controllers, and Disconnects – 2023 NEC Article 430 As discussed in part 1, motor circuits differ significantly from…
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Part 1 – Motor Load Circuits: NEC Terms and Terminologies
NEC Terms and Basic Terminologies Used in Motor Load Circuits Before designing an effective motor circuit that operates as expected based on analysis and calculations, it is important to understand…
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Electrical Wiring
What is the Difference Between 15-Amp and 20-Amp Outlet?
Difference Between 15-Amp and 20-Amp Outlets and Receptacles Electrical wiring installations, equipment, devices, and other electrical systems for residential and commercial applications in the United States differ significantly in complexity…
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Electrical Wiring
How to Size a Branch Circuit Conductors with Protection?
Sizing of Branch Circuits and Conductors with Protection Supplying from OPCD to the Final Load Point Branch Circuit According to NEC 100 – Definitions, branch circuits are the circuit conductors…
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Electrical Wiring
How to Size Feeder Conductors with Overcurrent Protection
Sizing of Feeder Conductors with Protection Supplying from Main Panel to the Subpanel or Branch Circuits Feeder Conductors According to NEC 100 – Definitions, feeders are all circuit conductors between…
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