I'm in discussion with a US colleague about the equipment of an installation in Maine for which we supply the hardware and he supplies the electric part.
This installation will be equipped with 2 5hp blowers that draw 25 A on 240V single phase each. My colleague is worrying about the over all current of his equipment.
Here in Europe we sometimes use capacitors more or less directly on the motor terminals to compensate reactive power drawn from the grid and to reduce the amperage of the installation. Is this a suitable way in a US installation?
