Motor Starter

Motor Starter is an electrical switching and protection device meant to safely start, stop, or protect a motor. Motor Starter is electromagnetic switches designed primarily to control the electrical power supplied to a motor, which can be automatic or manual. Besides this, Motor Starter protects the motor from low overloads and faults. Therefore it serves two major purposes – to switch the power automatically or manually to the motor and provide overload protection by preventing the motor from drawing heavy currents that may damage it.

To summarize the major functions of a Motor Starter include:

• To Start the Motor/ Pump.
• To Turn off the Motor/ Pump.
• To prevent damages due to electrical faults.

The two major elementary components of a Motor Starter are Contactor and Overload Relay.

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