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    Build-Your-Own Manual Motor Starters

    Assemble your own motor starter by combining a switch and a thermal overload element.
    Thermal overload elements shut motors off if current exceeds the full-load current rating. Three elements are required. To Order: Please specify the full-load current rating of your motor. If the full-load current rating is not shown on the motor’s faceplate, estimate the current rating (given the motor’s power and voltage).
    Thermal Overload Elements
    Image of Product. Front orientation. Motor Starters. Build-Your-Own Manual Motor Starters.
    Thermal overload elements shut motors off if current exceeds the full-load current rating. Three elements are required. To Order: Please specify the full-load current rating of your motor. If the full-load current rating is not shown on the motor’s faceplate, estimate the current rating (given the motor’s power and voltage).
    Overload Current,
    amp
    Each
    0.193 to 0.21200000000000000
    0.213 to 0.2350000000000000
    0.262 to 0.2890000000000000
    0.356 to 0.3990000000000000
    0.41 to 0.440000000000000
    0.45 to 0.490000000000000
    0.5 to 0.530000000000000
    0.59 to 0.650000000000000
    0.72 to 0.780000000000000
    0.79 to 0.850000000000000
    0.86 to 0.960000000000000
    1.05 to 1.160000000000000
    1.17 to 1.250000000000000
    1.3 to 1.390000000000000
    2.16 to 2.380000000000000
    2.76 to 2.840000000000000
    2.85 to 3.060000000000000
    3.07 to 3.450000000000000
    3.46 to 3.70000000000000
    3.71 to 4.070000000000000
    4.08 to 4.320000000000000
    4.33 to 4.90000000000000
    6.42 to 6.790000000000000
    6.8 to 7.570000000000000
    8.16 to 8.980000000000000
    8.99 to 9.670000000000000
    10.9 to 12.10000000000000
    14 to 150000000000000
     

    Heavy Duty Build-Your-Own Manual Motor Starters

    Image of Product. Thermal Overload Protectors. Front orientation. Motor Starters. Heavy Duty Build-Your-Own Manual Motor Starters.
    Image of Product. Front orientation. Motor Starters. Heavy Duty Build-Your-Own Manual Motor Starters.

    Thermal

    Overload

    Protectors

    Combine a switch with a thermal overload element to build a starter that can handle high-current-rated motors. All are housed in a durable steel enclosure. They’re also known as NEMA starters.
    Thermal overload elements shut motors off if current exceeds the full-load current rating. Three elements are required. To Order: Please specify the full-load current rating of your motor. If the full-load current rating is not shown on the motor’s faceplate, estimate the current rating (given the motor’s power and voltage).
    Switches
    Thermal
    Overload Elements
    Electrical Phase
    Ht.
    Wd.
    Wire
    Connection
    Certification
    Each
    Each
     
    NEMA Contact Size M-0
    Three (2 hp @ 115V AC)
    Three (3 hp @ 230V AC)
    Three (5 hp @ 460V AC)    		5.8"3.2"Screw TerminalUL Listed
    		00000000000000000000000000
     
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