"Greg" wrote in message
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To date, I've not heard any of the electricians
argue that the statements about properly sizing a circuit to the load is
improper.

I addressed that and pointed out 2 12a motors on one 30a circuit will
actually
provide MORE protection than one on a 20a.
The reality is the NEC does talk about protecting the motor. That is the
overLOAD protection that should be integral to the equipment.
If your overloaded motor is tripping the wall breaker you either have the
circuit overcurrent device sized TOO SMALL or the overload protection is
not
working. The overload should trip first if things are sized "properly".

Aha - my apologies Greg - I missed that when you first posted it. I've been
following the threads on this pretty closely but then again sometimes
earthlink (sometimes...???) drops posts along the way.

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-Mike-