What overload protection is required for the motors of the fan coil units in the cooling equipment?

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The motors of the fan coil units can be expected to run for continuous periods of time exceeding 3 hours. Thus, these motors are considered to be continuous duty motors. Overload protection must be provided for the motors and is sized as follows:

?a separate overload device for each motor;
?a device that is selected as follows:
    -for motors with a service factor of not less than 1.15, the device rating is 125 percent Full Load Amps (FLA).
    -for motors with a temperature rise of not over 40C, the device rating is 125 percent FLA.
    -for all other motors, the device rating is 115 percent FLA.
For example, the protection for a 50 degrees C motor having a service factor of 1 is sized to trip at a value not to exceed 115 percent of the full-load rating of the motor. For the fan coil cooling units, this trip value is: 7.5 amperes * 1.15 = 8.625 amperes

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