Motor Amps on Name plate

[iwire]

And like you said, the tables have been around since dirt was invented. The issue I have is the advent of all these "special" motors such as the ones found on consumer type air compressors and the like. You end up with wildly oversized conductors because you have to use the bogus HP marked on the nameplate.

I am not sure I agree with that.

 

[ptonsparky]

I am not sure I agree with that.

Does this mean that you are not sure you that you disagree?

 

[kwired]

And like you said, the tables have been around since dirt was invented. The issue I have is the advent of all these "special" motors such as the ones found on consumer type air compressors and the like. You end up with wildly oversized conductors because you have to use the bogus HP marked on the nameplate.

Quite often the compressor will be marked with the inflated Hp but the motor itself will either say "SPL" or maybe has no HP marked at all on it or will have a number that doesn't correspond to anything in the NEC tables.