An effective motor maintenance program boosts productivity, reduces unnecessary downtime, maximizes motor efficiency, and saves dollars. Unscheduled downtime in modern plant operations...
Q Can I connect four 5kVA buck-boost transformers in parallel to supply a 20kVA load? - L.J.F.A Four 5kVA buck-boost transformers can be connected in parallel to supply a 20 kVA...
Wound-rotor motors deliver speed control of heavy and high-torque loads.What's special about the wound-rotor motor? This type of 3-phase induction motor has high starting torque...
Watch out for energy-efficient motors with insufficient torque to start some loads. If you recently replaced a standard induction motor with a new energy-efficient motor of the...
Q.The electrical system of my Victorian Queen Anne-style home (circa 1900) consists of a mixture of knob and tube, cotton-covered braid, nonmetallic, and plastic sheathed cables...
You must consider steady-state, acceleration, and starting torque to ensure the lowest motor operating costs. There's torque, and then there's torque. There's torque, as required...
Q. One of my electricians asked if it was a Code violation to install a 200A-rated, 42-circuit-load center, main lugs only, with protection consisting of a 100A switch/circuit...
