Motors differ from other types of loads in one important way: The motor needs much more current to start than to run. This temporary, but significant, inrush current is what complicates motor circuit ...
The usual way of preventing a small motor from drawing too much current is to install overcurrent protection in the form of a circuit breaker or some other kind of limiter. But installations that ...
Art. 430, Part III provides the requirements for motor and branch-circuit overload protection. Because of inrush current, overload protection is separate from overcurrent and ground fault protection ...