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Review

Answer the following questions without referring to the material just presented.

  1. Starters are made from two building blocks, _____________ and ____________ ___________.

  2. Reduced voltage starters are used for two main reasons. These are:
    To avoid overloading the _______ __________ ________.
    To avoid unnecessary wear and tear on equipment by _______ __________ ___________.

  3. The earliest developed type of reduced voltage starter is the __________ __________ reduced voltage starter.

  4. Draw lines to match each type of reduced voltage starter to its common application type:
    1. Solid State A. Centrifugal compressors and centrifuges
    2. Wye Delta B. Belt and gear drives, conveyors and textile machines
    3. Primary Resistor C. Blowers, compressors and conveyors
    4. Part Winding D. Machine tools, hoists and packaging equipment
    5. Autotransformer E. Reciprocating compressors, pumps and fans

  5. To allow smooth operation to continue throughout the start-up process, the ______ __________ type of wye delta starter uses an extra ________ and a set of _________.

  6. The least expensive of all the reduced voltage starting methods is ______ ________.

  7. The most important factors in determining the size of the starter the customer requires, are the application’s __________________ and __________________.

  8. List six of the pieces of application information you will need to obtain from the customer before you can recommend a specific reduced voltage starter.
    ___________________________
    ___________________________
    ___________________________
    ___________________________
    ___________________________
    ___________________________

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