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Po ee isl Systeme |G Seen OVERCURRENT PROTECTION FOR MOTOR INSTALLATIONS: PART ONE Published: June 2000 his mont’ column concerns overcurrent January 2015, December 2034: The See eae ler ComsTuctionCutlock Commercial, Industrial, pro ‘condita in mat and corto Commerce ict ‘russ and overnad protection for mat le Question ofthe Day online featur have inqured about uljecs that QUESTION Are mot rout (fa nansia the motor staring ur lcorsrequied be sized at 126 percortt he moor fiload caere poet AISWWER Wo The rotor saring or ‘ins caer hich's als called Tocked rotor ment “is ony present tiring tne acslercon pens ate momentine mor isstaed The inns curt decreases pi 25 ‘rotor bagine orotate The rear branch overcurrent protection as calculate rom Table 40-752 e8=i) andes tess cert win the imttons ofthe motor branch cet comfucos, ‘These motor brancheirait overcument protechve deve are permitto be sized much higher tan he ct ofthe motor branch ere conductors Thay ae alse abl ts prtecttne motor branch circuitconsucors rom shor-oreut orground-autcuents because cfthe magnitude ofthe curents produced so apilybythese ype offauts. Why are tie motor brarch circuit conductrs sized at 125 percentof the moor fll the xt question, QUESTION: 1 motor branch excut conductors size! at 125 petcet ofthe motor FLC? ANSWER Motor rareh cru corducors ae protected rom shor rut and ground aut uments by he brench ircut overcurert devices, utthese devices wil ot protect the canducors tom aver condsions. Moto devices, which are general oested inte motor comoler, ate permited by Secion430-32(a)1)to be sized according tothe matkad "servic factor’ ofthe metor. Thess vales are general 115 perce ot 125 perce ofthe motor LC. There a to his as shown in Secton 430-32)2), Fa motor i allows oreo of motor FLC. thon we protec tho brane cout conductors by zing thom at 125 percre of FLC aswel QUESTION: hati the 5 factor ofa oor snd what da they mean by "mk service factor” WER Servic factors a matgin of safety When te mandfacier designs sence fctrinto a motor t ean develop mote than tate crrerewthoct damage to tse For exami, = 10 Hato ‘sloweldte develop curert equivalent 11 5 HP witoie damage to the moor NNEC) nSecton £30-22(a(1)alows # motor wih a saroce 310 operat at up to 15 porcant modingnsuiation T factor o 1.18 to use ovaload go hove tsnowmal ating without QUESTION: tmconcen vets the motor vith Table 13, LISWER® Table 40-152 does not epacsy ove provides fra percentage of FLC of mak Short-Circut rd Grou th ore protacton for motors Ths table, asthe ile ates, ha ‘Msamum Rating or Sting of Motor ranc-Circu J Prolectve Devices "These vercurentdevices uses orca breakers) protect ts caused by shot cvaitor ground fauts. Thy ao no osignod (ou concucors are proieced From overload constions by he 10-32. The kayo undersanting consucar and moter prctecion tout, ans overload See the next quasson ductors fodirg tho mots om ov oct the motor wi) protecion spectiec in Seco the meanng of gourd-aut, shor QUESTION tmoonfises byte texminobogy motor branch crit shor circ ond ground ful protection” ana veroad” Can you obntytha for me? ANSWER. Me ound fauk 2 few defintions in ord Shortt Two o more conducts ot opposte palanty coming ints contact with eachother vith relahvely ioe resstance netueen themor conta! betsentnam short the ad i folt One or more ungrounded enduro ing ito contact ith a grounded conductor ora grounsed upirantor 2 conductor witha catertvaluo in excess of erated ampacity. which woud ip overhesting Afouk suchas. shortcut or ground alts rot an averoad These ae the contin: agarst wich mustprotec ou melo brarchictcondurtrs,Shor-cireit and sjound faut pot sid in Scton 430-82. The isu i “The motor branch citcut nd ground ft abe of caning te senting cuere ofthe motor Section 430-52 eers {So Table 430-152 nhicn, depending upon the fype o motor andthe pe ofovercuert device bing used permits # mmsimim pecertage of llloed curentfat maybe usesto se the overcomes device Tis erase a ther 2 hse crcut breaker Shrt-

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