Borough of Lansdale, PA Article XVIII Motors and Motor-Starting Equipment

§ 185-84 Excessive starting current restricted.

A. The customer shall consult with the Borough with regard to the requirements of the size of motor and starting current limitations, as well as the voltage and phase of service which will be required.

B. The Borough reserves the right to refuse service or to require operational modifications to single phase motors rated five horsepower or more and to polyphase motors and installations rated 25 horsepower or more.

C. Motors larger than 25 horsepower shall be of the slip ring or equivalent type and shall be provided with starting equipment which will avoid excessive starting current.

§ 185-85 Synchronous motors.

Motors larger than 100 horsepower shall, where practicable, be of the synchronous or equivalent type.

§ 185-86 Horsepower restricted.

Motors used on one-hundred-twenty-volt circuits shall not be larger than 1/2 horsepower.

§ 185-87 Voltage requirements for high-horsepower motors.

Motors of 3/4 horsepower and one horsepower shall be connected for 240 volts.