paul2112
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Can anyone recommend a magnetic starter for my compressor,,it's a single phase 7.5 hp motor,,,,thanks
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Alchymist
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It's all right here:
http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/Motor Starter Wiring Diagrams.ashx
http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/Motor Starter Wiring Diagrams.ashx
You will require a Size 2 in the single phase variety.
I prefer Siemens Class 14 for bi-metal overload( ESP100 for electronic adjustable) This starter has great features such as gravity/spring drop out. 45 degree contact position which is self cleaning.
You will find nema rated motor starters by Cutler Hammer, GE, price competitively.
Square D is good product also usually expensive.
Allan Bradley is great and expensive.
Stay away from IEC rated starters if you want longevity
I prefer Siemens Class 14 for bi-metal overload( ESP100 for electronic adjustable) This starter has great features such as gravity/spring drop out. 45 degree contact position which is self cleaning.
You will find nema rated motor starters by Cutler Hammer, GE, price competitively.
Square D is good product also usually expensive.
Allan Bradley is great and expensive.
Stay away from IEC rated starters if you want longevity
With the exception of GE, all are a good choice for a starter. I don't care for GE, Goverment Electric, My preferred choice is the now obsolete Cutler-Hammer Citation starters,which I use for my own use as have a LOT of them.
# 2 is Siemens/ Furnas ESP100......Norcal 
The citation was the anvil of the starter world. I don't know how old you are but do you remember the old ITE/Gould very simular. The citation sure could take a beating.
I was a big furnas fan back in the day before the Siemens purchase. We had a supplier around the corner from our shop. They had everything in stock! They were like a pro shop you could go in shop around pick out your components build up a starter or control panel in their shop and out the door you went. The economy crapped on them and now their stock is much smaller.
Those were the days!
The citation was the anvil of the starter world. I don't know how old you are but do you remember the old ITE/Gould very simular. The citation sure could take a beating.I was a big furnas fan back in the day before the Siemens purchase. We had a supplier around the corner from our shop. They had everything in stock! They were like a pro shop you could go in shop around pick out your components build up a starter or control panel in their shop and out the door you went. The economy crapped on them and now their stock is much smaller.
Those were the days!Norcal
I was a big furnas fan back in the day before the Siemens purchase. We had a supplier around the corner from our shop. They had everything in stock! They were like a pro shop you could go in shop around pick out your components build up a starter or control panel in their shop and out the door you went. The economy crapped on them and now their stock is much smaller.
I remember the ITE starters,they were also sold under the Dayton label, never cared for them much, but the local ITE distributer handled Furnas motor control so I never saw much of them, when Gould Inc. sold off most of the divisions they aquired w/ the purchase of ITE Imperial Corp., Telemechanque (sp) got the Industrial Controls Div. & since are now part of the company that owns Square D, I don't know what happened to them. When Powermatic was building tools in McMinnville, TN they used ITE controls as OEM installed equipment, now just another Taiwanese tool company.