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Your cart is empty.A motor starter is for the purpose of protecting a motor that has no thermal overload protection in the motor itself. The starter consists of two devices, a contactor that completes the circuit to the motor and an overload relay that monitors the current the motor is drawing . The thermal type magnetic starter uses a device installed on the overload relay called a "heater" this is a bi-metal element that each leg of the motor goes through and comes in different ratings based on the full load amperage of the motor. While the motor is running the current flows through the heater, if the current draw of the motor exceeds the rating of the heater, the heater element heats up and causes the relay to "trip" which interrupts the contactor coil circuit and de-energizes the contactor. CA Prop 65 WARNING: Some of the products sold by Universal Pneumatic and Electric Group may contain chemicals known to the State of California, Vermont and others to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. It is the purchasers responsibility to determine the suitability of these products for your specific application. Including, but not limited to, using alternative products. UPE_Group shall be held harmless of any and all damages including but not limited to physical, property, water or otherwise for any reason. Your use of any information or materials on this listing is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable.