Some things have come up that have made me reevaluate the electrical circuit for this water pump. This pump start-stops pretty regularly (it's part of a water pump-pneumatic tank system) and that confuses me; I would think that the start current is pretty important in this scenario, but I don't know it.
Should I assume it's 6-7 times the nominal current? That would be like 30 amps so I would have to install a 40 amp breaker (is 35 an available value?)
If that's the case, I would have to install cables that widthstand 40 amps, so that the breaker protects the cables. That would lead me to 8 AWG if I'm not mistaken. That seems too thick though, for such a small pump, so it makes me question the value of the breaker.
Any advice?
u/Dense-Pop-2433 — 8 days ago