ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area 10 HP motor burning start winding contacts

I was always taught that motors like this weren't designed for "on-off" use.
They were designed for in-frequent starting.
I'd go with the concensus here and say it would pay to install (if possible) a 3Ø induction motor on some sort of a VSD.
Cage induction motors are more resilient to being started and stopped.