Curt Harms
05-02-2003, 7:37 PM
Hi All
On Grainger's web site, I see definite purpose contactors rated 240 volts with one leg switched and one leg straight through. Is it OK to leave one leg hot on motors? I know the motor wouldn't run with one leg open but it seems smarter to open BOTH legs.
Not an electrician, don't play one on TV and didn't even stay at a Holliday Inn Express, but I'm curious.
Curt Harms
On Grainger's web site, I see definite purpose contactors rated 240 volts with one leg switched and one leg straight through. Is it OK to leave one leg hot on motors? I know the motor wouldn't run with one leg open but it seems smarter to open BOTH legs.
Not an electrician, don't play one on TV and didn't even stay at a Holliday Inn Express, but I'm curious.
Curt Harms