calebxx12
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Hello Everyone,
Interesting question for you I guess. We build automated assembly machinery, and have been for 20+ years now. We have a lot of data on past current draws of machines that we have made and have been sizing new machines based on that data and NEC. Recently we got into the NFPA a little more and sized the machine to that, it came to a rather large current rating when the machine is only drawing around 12 amps at full operation (sized for 60A).
What is the proper way to make a nameplate? Based on the FLA rating of everything or could we make it small, say 30A as apposed to 70A?
Interesting question for you I guess. We build automated assembly machinery, and have been for 20+ years now. We have a lot of data on past current draws of machines that we have made and have been sizing new machines based on that data and NEC. Recently we got into the NFPA a little more and sized the machine to that, it came to a rather large current rating when the machine is only drawing around 12 amps at full operation (sized for 60A).
What is the proper way to make a nameplate? Based on the FLA rating of everything or could we make it small, say 30A as apposed to 70A?