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 ...

Suppose you have a 60A breaker supplying a branch circuit. What size conductors do you need for that circuit? One table in the NEC says No. 8; another says No. 4. Which one is right? What does the ...