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Squirrel cage motors: Three most common starting methods

  • May 2013
  • Number of views: 8615
  • Article rating: 4.1

Tom Bishop, P.E.
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

The most common method of start­ing squirrel cage three-phase motors is across the line (direct-on-line). Some applications require limiting the mo­tor starting current and/or torque to reduce the stress on the electrical and mechanical systems. 

Although there are other meth­ods such as autotransformer, reactor and using a variable frequency drive (VFD), the focus in this article will be on the reasons behind the selection of the three most common methods of achieving these objectives. Specifically, these methods are part winding, wye-delta, and electronic soft-starting. The windings in all three of these methods usually have 6 leads.

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