Motor controls
Switches and sensors
Industrial components
electrical definitions and terms
Control Circuits
100

These switches are used to start, stop, and reverse single-phase or DC motors.
What are drum switches?

What are drum switches?

100

A wiring diagram is commonly called this

What is a connection diagram

100

This term describes the temperature or pressure difference between switch activation and reset points.

 What is deadband?

100

This is the area around a magnet in which the effect of the magnet can be felt

What is a magnetic field

100

Most transient suppression modules clamp voltage transitions to approximately this percentage of the plant supply voltage.
 

What is 200%?

200

A 240V-to-24V transformer is most likely used for this type of circuit.
 

What is a motor control circuit?

200

In this sensing method, the target is detected as it passes between a sensor and reflector.

What is a retroreflective scan?

200

This type of switch remains in the operating position after the actuating force is removed.

What is a maintained contact switch?

200

This item shows the actual wire or cable point to point connections for a motor and its control circuits

What is a circuit schedule

200

I have a nema rating to protect against rain and sleet. What rating am I

Nema 3R

300

These IEC utilization categories are used for lighting and motor control applications.

What are AC-1, AC-2, AC-3, AC-4, AC-5a, AC-5b, AC-6a, AC-6b, and AC-11?

300

These are the three types of push-pull switches.
 

What are pull, maintained push, and momentary push?

300

This nec table provides the criteria for selecting the type of enclosure used in non hazardous locations

What is NEC table 110.28

300

Motor and controller overload protection is covered in this part of NEC Article 430.

What is Part III?

300

These are the two commonly used switching mechanisms.

What are Bourdon tube and bellows?

400

This is a static device that consists of one or more windings with a magnetic core and are used for introducing mutual coupling by induction between circuits

What is a transformer

400

These switches are used to select one of several different positions.
 

What are selector switches

400

Thermal overload relay heater units are commonly selected using this value from NEC Tables 430.247 through 430.250.
 

What is full-load current?

400

This device provides time delay by controlling airflow or liquid flow through an orifice.
 

What is a dashpot?

400

I am a general purpose enclosure whose use is primarily to prevent against accidental contact

What is a Nema 1 type box

500

This chapter governs the installation of motors circuits and controllers

 What is Article 430

500

These are the two types of proximity sensors.

 What are load-powered sensors and line-powered sensors?

500

This machine component applies force to the actuator of a limit switch.

What is a cam?

500

This type of proximity sensor draws its operating current through the load.

What is a line-powered proximity sensor?

500

The contacts on a switch are rated as a300 . in a 240vac configurationThe max breakpoint for these contacts is

What is 3amps