Spend $50 and put a motor protector on it: https://www.automationdirect.com/adc/shopping/catalog/motor_controls/iec_manual_motor_protectors <https://www.automationdirect.com/adc/shopping/catalog/motor_controls/iec_manual_motor_protectors>
You will need to mount it in a small box. Iit will protect the motor from overheating (or starting a fire). As a bonus it lets you turn it off and on. Mark > On Jan 14, 2021, at 2:32 PM, Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: > > When you buy a lamp or an electric mixer and plug it into a receptacle, the > receptacle normally will be wired up with 12 or 14 gauge wire with a 15 or 20 > amp circuit breaker. > > Match the wire to the breaker and vise versa. > > But the appliance will have a 16 or 18 gauge wire in it. Think of xmas tree > lights. How fine those wires are but still supplied with at least 15 amps. > > I want to connect a blower motor in my shop to an existing circuit. 50 amp 3 > phase receptacle. The blower motor only needs 3 amps. I don’t want to > change the circuit breaker. I don’t want to install a motor starter relay. > Trying to be cheap, and safe but legal in the event something should happen. > > Any opinions? > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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