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At 440 volts, a 40 hp motor pulls about 68 amperes. Well, sort of...
The definition of a horsepower for an electric motor is 746 watts. Multiply 746 by 40, and divide by 440, and you do get 68 amperes.
1hp=746W
hence, 40hp=29840W
given that the motor draws 440volts
but current = power/voltage.
therefore, current=29840/440 = 67.81818182 amps.
The complexity, however, is that a motor is an inductive load and it has reactance. This reactance will change the phase angle between voltage and current, causing current to lag voltage by some amount. Power factor is a measure of the ratio of apparent power to true power, and is essentially the cosine of the phase angle between voltage and current. This power factor will make the true power be higher than the apparent power, but horsepower is based on apparent power.
Bottom line is that the amperes in this case will be dependent on the power factor, perhaps about 75 amperes, maybe.
Also, such a motor is bound to be a three phase motor. The amperes will be spread out among the three phases so, for 68 amperes, it would be about 23 amperes per phase, and for 75 amperes, it would be about 25 amperes per phase.
In terms of power factor, it might be closer to unity than anticipated, if the motor has power factor correction capacitors installed.
Keep in mind that starting current will be much higher than running current. Also note that large motors of this type would typically be started in wye configuration, so as to present lower voltage across the windings, and then run in delta configuration, for full power operation.
I'm going to stick with about 25 amperes per phase, full power run mode, unless someone else has something to add, of course.
CommentAn added complication is that '40 hp' refers to the output power of the motor. Unless you know the efficiency, you cannot work out the input power. Incidentally, 68 A single phase doesn't work out at 25 A per line for a 3-phase motor!!!!! It works out a little over 39 Aper line, because P = (root 3) x U x I x power factor!
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