On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:42:32 +0100, R D S wrote:

Would you bother / is it necessary to use a motor starter switch with
overload protection on a 240V 6.5A single phase motor.

Main reason for asking is that i'm struggling to find something suitable.

So circa 2HP? yes

A contactor for no volt release plus an overload relay plugged in the bottom of
the contactor and just set to your selected trip current

https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/autom...lay-overloads/

There might be some app notes there for the basic setup for the start & stop +
emergency stop push buttons and how to latch the contactor
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