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Faunsdale, AL | I think the protector connects the ends of the start winding and the run winding to a line. Sometimes this is designated a "p" lead.
I really doubt the protector is your problem. The protector heats up from the amperage passing through it and the motor may not be hot.......yet. Once the motor comes up to temperature, then it's trip point is influenced by the motor temperature. So with the motor cold, it will trip at a higher amperage (starting amps are always high, so it has to be able to allow 5-6X full load amps for enough time to start normally. Also has to allow a restart on a warm motor, so if it's tripping out on a cold motor, it's passing some amps and most likely doing what it's designed to do..........prevent your motor from burning up because of some other problem. Have you checked all the connections are properly arranged and still tight, capacitor is hooked up still, capacitor is good, starting switch is closing etc.
I doubt it would try to run for long, but could even be a bad connection in an extension cord or receptacle you plugged it into. Most likely a bad connection would get hot and burn open pretty fast.
Edited by ccjersey 9/18/2013 17:09
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overload protection switch on Baldor motor
