Alwayslearningelec
Senior Member
- Location
- NJ
- Occupation
- Estimator
I know lugs are for the conductors just thought they would never be needed when landing within a motor.Your conductors may need the lugs.
It depends on how you're connecting your field conductors to the motor conductors. Many motors come with ring terminals that you connect to with a screw through a ring terminal lug that you install on the field conductors.What determines if they are needed or not? Don;t want ot have an assembly that always includes lugs. Would rather have some parameter as to when they should be included.
Thanks..so waht you were saying above is size #10 or below 50/50 what about larger than #10?View attachment 2570960
ring terminal would be something similar to this, size of course would vary with size of lead it is connected to.
It really depends on the motor mfg. I've seen motors with terminal blocks all the way to bared leads. Including the terminal in the estimate is a good idea.Thanks..so waht you were saying above is size #10 or below 50/50 what about larger than #10?
And if you are lucky, the wire labels have not fallen off...For most of the motors I connected, the internal motor leads were just bare conductors.
That's a lot of different color wires? What are they for?And if you are lucky, the wire labels have not fallen off...
Baldor 1HP motor termination box:
I didn't know that. What would'nt a motor just get the hots/neutral/ground wires?For most of the motors I connected, the internal motor leads were just bare conductors. A few had ring terminals and some had internal terminal blocks.
We only use ring terminals with screws and nuts to terminate motors, so we would need a total of 13 compression ring terminals for most motors. Nine for the internal motor leads, three for our motor circuit conductors and one for the EGC.
The typical insulation would be 130C tape wrapped sticky side out, followed by 33+tape.
Yes they may come with those crimped on ring terminals. Most guys cut them off.
Dual voltage three phase motor leads labeled 1-9. This mfg happens to use colors as well.That's a lot of different color wires? What are they for?