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2 Speed Motor Control with Breakers
Thanks guys, it was helpful. There isn't a safe way to monitor the back emf at the motor terminals, there is no meter provision and it is also a 13.2kV motor. Initially I was leaning towards using contactors as motor starter but the client designed the gear with breakers.- PwrEngng
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- Forum: Electric motors & generators engineering
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2 Speed Motor Control with Breakers
Hi everyone, I recently commissioned a 13.8kV 2-speed (Variable Torque type) motor starter gear with Vacuum Breaker control. The gear has three breakers, one for Low speed operation and the other two for High speed operation. The breaker operations are controlled electrically using selector...- PwrEngng
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- Forum: Electric motors & generators engineering
