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430.83 Ratings

National Electrical Code 2020 of Illinois > 4 Equipment for General Use > 430 Motors, Motor Circuits, and Controllers > 430.83 Ratings
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The controller shall have a rating as specified in 430.83(A), unless otherwise permitted in 430.83(B) or (C), or as specified in (D), under the conditions specified.

(A) General

(1) Horsepower Ratings

Controllers, other than inverse time circuit breakers and molded case switches, shall have horsepower ratings at the application voltage not lower than the horsepower rating of the motor.

(2) Circuit Breaker

A branch-circuit inverse time circuit breaker rated in amperes shall be permitted as a controller for all motors. Where this circuit breaker is also used for overload protection, it shall conform to the appropriate provisions of this article governing overload protection.

(3) Molded Case Switch

A molded case switch rated in amperes shall be permitted as a controller for all motors.

(B) Small Motors

Devices as specified in 430.81(A) and (B) shall be permitted as a controller.

(C) Stationary Motors of 2 Horsepower or Less

For stationary motors rated at 2 hp or less and 300 volts or less, the controller shall be permitted to be either of the following:
  1. A general-use switch having an ampere rating not less than twice the full-load current rating of the motor
  2. On ac circuits, a general-use snap switch suitable only for use on ac (not general-use ac-dc snap switches) where the motor full-load current rating is not more than 80 percent of the ampere rating of the switch

(D) Torque Motors

For torque motors, the controller shall have a continuous-duty, full-load current rating not less than the nameplate current rating of the motor. For a motor controller rated in horsepower but not marked with the foregoing current rating, the equivalent current rating shall be determined from the horsepower rating by using Table 430.247, Table 430.248, Table 430.249, or Table 430.250.

(E) Voltage Rating

A controller with a straight voltage rating, for example, 240 volts or 480 volts, shall be permitted to be applied in a circuit in which the nominal voltage between any two conductors does not exceed the controller's voltage rating. A controller with a slash rating, for example, 120/240 volts or 480Y/277 volts, shall only be applied in a solidly grounded circuit in which the nominal voltage to ground from any conductor does not exceed the lower of the two values of the controller's voltage rating and the nominal voltage between any two conductors does not exceed the higher value of the controller's voltage rating.

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