What is a Manual Motor Starter? Manual motor starters are an electro-mechanical device used to protect the main circuit. The majority of all Manual Motor Starters (MMS) are used to switch motors manually ON/OFF and protect them against a short-circuit, overload or even phase failures. Check out NEMASupply today for a...
Circuit Breakers and Fuses essentially do the same thing. The biggest difference being that a Circuit Breaker “trips” and is resettable if there is a power surge inside the circuit, whereas a Fuse “breaks” and needs replaced. So, which to use in your design effectively comes down to your preference....
First, let’s discover what a Variable Frequency Drive, or VFD, is; a VFD is a type of computerized motor controller that drives an electric motor by varying the frequency and voltage supplied to the electric motor. Next let’s briefly explain how they work as it might sound simple but in...
