General Electric is our supplier of motor starters and variable frequency drives. We stock GE motor starters and we can also get variable frequency drives through special order by contacting us. Our General Electric motor starters and VFDs are competitively priced. The variable frequency drives General Electric makes are the wave of the future in the HVAC World. Our motor starters are simple to use and install.

 

Motor starters are used to start anything from pump motors to exhaust fan motors. A motor starter is a device that turns on an electric motor. The motor starter consists of two parts: a contactor and an overload. Motor starters perform two basic functions: switching the electrical connection to power the motor, and shut the motor off to prevent damage if a problem arises.

 

There are single phase motor starters that have two pole contactors and three phase motor starters that have three pole contactors. The poles refer to the number of contact pairs in the contactor that are pulled together to get an electrical connection to the motor. There are two ways the contacts are pulled together either with an electromagnetic solenoid (electric starter) or a spring loaded pushbutton (manual starter). The manual starter is simply physically pushing a button which pushes the contactors together. The spring is there to allow the overload to break the connection.

 

The electric starter sends an electric signal to operate a solenoid which pulls together contacts by magnetic attraction. When the solenoid is not powered, a spring separates the contacts.

 

Our motor starters and VFDs can control many different size voltage and phase motors. We stock the most commonly used motor starters in our warehouse and will take special orders by contacting us if you don’t find what you are looking for.

 

General Electric has been a force in our type of business for many years. Our customers give our GE motor starters and VFDs high praises and are very satisfied. General Electric is a company that strives for excellence and there motor starters and VFDs are the top of its class in performance.