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3eb7988a1663 • today at 7:04 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Not ideal, but it was the only thing that worked. This was attached to a million dollar piece of equipment, so any remedial electrical replacement work would have been slightly inconsequential. Thankfully, it was one of those machines that you turned off as infrequently as possible, so we did not have to do this procedure too many times.

The vendor did get the hint, and the second iteration of the device did slowly warm up the pumps so this process would no longer be required.


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jacquesm • today at 7:16 PM

Yes, soft start is the way to go. Also: proper industrial breakers allow for temporary overload. I have a couple of pieces of gear that have inrush currents well over the limit of a normal breaker so I put them on a slow one and now it is fine.

https://onccy.com/how-to-choose-between-type-a-b-c-and-d-min...