Barry1961
Industrial
- Oct 3, 2003
- 530
A customer has an 1/8 hp, 115 vac PSC motor that is reversing rotation at stall. The stall only happens when something goes wrong but the effect of motor running in reverse is costly.
I have read that increasing the capacitor size will help this problem but increase the starting current. Does increasing the capacitor just make the motor harder to stall or does it bias the direction of rotation?
Increasing capacitor size will reduce number of starts and stops per hour and may require a larger circuit breaker. Is there anything else I should worry about?
I am fuzzy on this so any help would be appreciated.
Barry
I have read that increasing the capacitor size will help this problem but increase the starting current. Does increasing the capacitor just make the motor harder to stall or does it bias the direction of rotation?
Increasing capacitor size will reduce number of starts and stops per hour and may require a larger circuit breaker. Is there anything else I should worry about?
I am fuzzy on this so any help would be appreciated.
Barry