Thermal Overload Relay Wont Reset

1 if a well pump motor is overheating for any reason low voltage bad start run capacitor damaged motor damaged pump impeller parts loss of water in the well pump running dry it may be a model that will turn.

Thermal overload relay wont reset.

A thermal overload relay works on the heat produced by the excessive overload current the heat produced by the overload current is utilized to trip the motor circuit. The thermal overload relay is designed to protect the motor or other load from damage in the event of a short circuit or being over loaded and overheating. A reset button is present over the overload relay to reset the overload relay after a trip and clearance of fault. Hi friends in this article i am talking about thermal overload relay working principle and its function in a dol starter.

4 thermal overload relays rw line applications rw thermal overload relays have been designed to protect three phase and single phase ac motors and direct current motors1. So my question is do you typically use a motor overload with all motors and monitor a auxiliary contact of the motor overload. The simplest overload relay is activated by heat caused from high current flowing through the overload and over a bimetallic strip. Heater elements don t wear out they do their job.

Those heater elements are a eutectic melting alloy type noted for being the most reliable type available before solid state came into being because you. So when the motor overload trips it will stop the motor control relay contactor. I do not understand how this can be met when some motors have a thermal overload built into the motor that reset automatically. What is is and how it works.

When the rw thermal overload relays are intended to protect single phase ac loads or dc loads the connection should be made as shown in the diagrams on page 10. The reset temperature is not precisely specified but the automatic thermal overload switch will reset after the motor cools down. I hope you will find this article informative and helpful. A thermal overload relay works in the principle of electro thermal properties in a bimetallic strip.