Do we need to use circuit breakers with Window Motors?

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Do we need to use circuit breakers with Window Motors?

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04-02-2012, 11:02

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Re: Do we need to use circuit breakers with Window Motors?

You need either a Spike or a speed controller (Jaguar, Victor, etc). The breaker size should depend on the size of wire among other things, but 20 amps is what we've always used with window motors.

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