HD9 Bendpak lift Motor Amperes

[junior]

Anyone with the HD9 Bendpak 4 post lift can check the motor nameplate and post the Amperes value please ? (Looking for the corresponding Amperage for a 220V supply- haven't ordered the lift yet but running wires this week end)- Bendpak's web site lists only Volts, Phase and Freq, and their phone tech support was not much help either. Maybe I am missing something, but why on earth would they omit posting this necessary data. Thanks.

 

[SteveA]

Junior, I had them install a 115/208v 60amp motor on mine HD9-XW when I ordered it and it works fine. The only real difference per their tech dept is the speed of the ramps on there way up. Hope this helps. You'll love having one.

 

[junior]

Holy cow, 60 Amps, the ramps must go up turbo style. I am looking at the standard HD9 (space considerations), thanks for the reply anyway.

 

[BlackICE]

Holy cow, 60 Amps, the ramps must go up turbo style. I am looking at the standard HD9 (space considerations), thanks for the reply anyway.

I think that's 60amp at 115v.

A 20amp 220v circuit will work but I think mine is wired for 30amp 220v.

 

[RPM217]

Mine is 220v at 18 Amps

 

[Sinovac]

Run 12-2 and you'll be fine. The motor is most certainly less than 20 amps.

 

[viva gt]

http://www.bendpak.com/HD-9-VER-E-Manual-5900123-rev-F-10-1-2013.pdf
See Page 22
Wire gauge will depend on length of run(line loss)

 

[Xcentric]

208-240V = 13-14 amps.

 

[SteveA]

Yep typo. 16. amp.

 

[junior]

Awesome, thanks to all, wiring project shall commence tomorrow :rofl, but it's gotta be done.

 

[BlackICE]

Here's the label from the motor on mine.

This HD9 is many years old. The motor is an Emerson made in Mexico. I wouldn't be surprised if they are now made in China.

I think a 12g wire with a 20 amp breaker would work just fine. That's what I am using on my lift.

 

[junior]

Thanks for posting the nameplate picture BlackIce. and I agree, a 12 AWG wire with a 20 Amps C/B will work. However, there's a discrepancy on the nameplate, If the current is listed at 10.5-11.6 Amps at 208-230 Volts, the 21 Amps marking should be at 110 Volts not at 220 V (doubling the voltage yields typically to 1/2 the current value). So as listed "Volt 208-230/220 FLA 10.5-11.6/21.0", red value is an error and should be 110 V- I keep telling my boss Q/A and Q/C always suffers when outsourcing. I suspect I would need to make come calls internally come Monday morning :facepalm:

 

[junior]

http://www.bendpak.com/HD-9-VER-E-Manual-5900123-rev-F-10-1-2013.pdf
See Page 22
Wire gauge will depend on length of run(line loss)

Thanks Viva gt, they should list the current value as well, they only lists the overcurrent protection value.

 

[Xcentric]

I used an existing 220V/50 amp welder circuit for the lift motor. I dropped the circuit breaker from 50 amps to 25 amps, but I also used larger gauge wire, because I have about 25 feet extra wire in case I ever wheel the lift to the other side of the garage.

Edit: Correction. 240V, 30 amp breaker. Licensed electrician installed.

 

[BlackICE]

Under normal operation the motor's current draw is less than 15 amps, peak startup will be higher for a fraction of a second. The breaker should be sized to protect the motors windings and the feed wires should be large enough not to have a significant voltage drop for the current being drawn. I don't know if the motor has a over temperature shutdown sensor. If it doesn't providing a bigger breaker and wires that needed will smoke the motor if the lift ever binds for some reason. You can make the wires 12g or larger but IMO the breaker should only be 20 amps.

 

[junior]

I agree, the in-rush current will peak and most likely be more than the listed nameplate Amps value but that's for a very short period of time, with an inverse time molded case circuit breaker(typical one you see installed in your electrical panel), or a time delay fuse, either at 20 Amps rating is fine. FYI- a quick rule for calculating the maximum overcurrent protection values:

Time delay fuses = FLA x 1.75 (or next available size)
Inverse time molded case C/B= FLA x 2.5 (or next available size)
(Just make sure you use the FLA value at the operating/connected voltage) :thumbsup

 

[MAD IN NC]

Junior, I had them install a 115/208v 60amp motor on mine HD9-XW when I ordered it and it works fine. The only real difference per their tech dept is the speed of the ramps on there way up. Hope this helps. You'll love having one.

I went the 115v option also like Steve. The breaker for the garage is 20a which will power the Bendpack.... Only time it ever tripped was when air compressor was running full open (sandblasting) while my son was using the lift.

 

[RALPHIE]

I went the 115v option also like Steve. The breaker for the garage is 20a which will power the Bendpack.... Only time it ever tripped was when air compressor was running full open (sandblasting) while my son was using the lift.

And that is probably a good thing, as you know the breaker is operational.

 

[sandman]

This HD9 is many years old. The motor is an Emerson made in Mexico. I wouldn't be surprised if they are now made in China.

I think a 12g wire with a 20 amp breaker would work just fine. That's what I am using on my lift.

Both of my HD9 lifts have the same motor as yours Clinton. One is 2005 the other is 2013 vintage, still Emerson made in Mexico.