Soft Starts

[ptonsparky]

The start up drops out some lights when motor starts up. 150 hp running at 90 amps.
Thinking soft star would help, just don,t know the best way to handle it .

That is a pretty small motor to be dropping out lights on startup. Maybe the dollars would be better spent on a service upgrade along with a phone call to the POCO to determine just where the problem is.

 

[weressl]

Sure if you want to have to make a lot of repairs.

This statement is just about as irresponsible and fact-less than the original suggestion.

I really dislike the trend I have been seeing lately with VFDs being used for any application regardless of the need to control the running speed or not.

Heartily agree.