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mehtech

Electrical
Nov 23, 2004
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what if a 60 cycle motor use where the country provide a 50 cycle.what will wrong with the motor.
 
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Ralph

 
If the motor is designed for 60Hz operation and the conected to a 50Hz mains it will operate at 20% harder and it could burn the motor out. To prevent this you could put a transformer before it and decrease input voltage by 20%. If this is done the speed of the motor will be altered. Most of motors these days are 50/60Hz so you can use them on either mains.
 
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