"They" say it will work fine . . .

[gadfly56]

And just like mechanics often drive crappy cars.

"The cobbler's children have no shoes."

 

[Cmdr_Suds]

... and replace with more accurately specified motors when replacement becomes necessary.

Far too often the next guy in to service the motor will blindly replace it with an identical motor. So good luck with a better replacement.

 

[Open Neutral]

I once hand-carried a 208V 20 HP Lincoln Electric motor to South America to replace the 230V one that had failed.

Realize that the load is often fixed by the process demand; when you supply too little voltage there must be more current to create the same output horsepower; and thus more I^2R drop aka heat in windings.

 

[kwired]

I once hand-carried a 208V 20 HP Lincoln Electric motor to South America to replace the 230V one that had failed.

Realize that the load is often fixed by the process demand; when you supply too little voltage there must be more current to create the same output horsepower; and thus more I^2R drop aka heat in windings.

I don't know that I could even pick up a 20 HP motor by myself.

 

[Open Neutral]

I don't know that I could even pick up a 20 HP motor by myself.

I had help at both ends. And, no... it wasn't a carryon. It rode as baggage in a L-1011, for which I paid the standard extra baggage charge of $40. I [honest to gosh] tried to pay by the pound as I should, but Eastern could not grok what I was saying....

 

[kwired]

I had help at both ends. And, no... it wasn't a carryon. It rode as baggage in a L-1011, for which I paid the standard extra baggage charge of $40. I [honest to gosh] tried to pay by the pound as I should, but Eastern could not grok what I was saying....

$40 freight for that heavy of an item is pretty cheap isn't it? Maybe you should have checked yourself in as baggage:lol:

 

[Open Neutral]

$40 freight for that heavy of an item is pretty cheap isn't it? Maybe you should have checked yourself in as baggage:lol:

I spent 15 minutes arguing with them; it should have been 1% of First Class airfare per kilo; but they kept insisting it could not be that heavy; while it was already in the hold......