10 Energy 3 2002-01-01 2002-01-01 false Energy conservation standards and effective dates. 431.42 Section 431.42 Energy DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT Energy Conservation Standards
ยง 431.42 Energy conservation standards and effective dates.

(a) Each electric motor manufactured (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) after October 24, 1997, or in the case of an electric motor which requires listing or certification by a nationally recognized safety testing laboratory, after October 24, 1999, shall have a nominal full load efficiency of not less than the following:

Nominal Full Load Efficiency Open Motors (Number of poles) 6 4 2 Enclosed Motors (Number of poles) 6 4 2 Motor Horsepower/Standard Kilowatt Equivalent 1/.75 80.0 82.5 80.0 82.5 75.5 1.5/1.1 84.0 84.0 82.5 85.5 84.0 82.5 2/1.5 85.5 84.0 84.0 86.5 84.0 84.0 3/2.2 86.5 86.5 84.0 87.5 87.5 85.5 5/3.7 87.5 87.5 85.5 87.5 87.5 87.5 7.5/5.5 88.5 88.5 87.5 89.5 89.5 88.5 10/7.5 90.2 89.5 88.5 89.5 89.5 89.5 15/11 90.2 91.0 89.5 90.2 91.0 90.2 20/15 91.0 91.0 90.2 90.2 91.0 90.2 25/18.5 91.7 91.7 91.0 91.7 92.4 91.0 30/22 92.4 92.4 91.0 91.7 92.4 91.0 40/30 93.0 93.0 91.7 93.0 93.0 91.7 50/37 93.0 93.0 92.4 93.0 93.0 92.4 60/45 93.6 93.6 93.0 93.6 93.6 93.0 75/55 93.6 94.1 93.0 93.6 94.1 93.0 100/75 94.1 94.1 93.0 94.1 94.5 93.6 125/90 94.1 94.5 93.6 94.1 94.5 94.5 150/110 94.5 95.0 93.6 95.0 95.0 94.5 200/150 94.5 95.0 94.5 95.0 95.0 95.0

(b) For purposes of determining the required minimum nominal full load efficiency of an electric motor that has a horsepower or kilowatt rating between two horsepowers or kilowattages listed consecutively in paragraph (a) of this section, each such motor shall be deemed to have a horsepower or kilowatt rating that is listed in paragraph (a). The rating that the motor is deemed to have shall be determined as follows:

(1) A horsepower at or above the midpoint between the two consecutive horsepowers shall be rounded up to the higher of the two horsepowers;

(2) A horsepower below the midpoint between the two consecutive horsepowers shall be rounded down to the lower of the two horsepowers, or

(3) A kilowatt rating shall be directly converted from kilowatts to horsepower using the formula, 1 kilowatt = (1/0.746) horsepower, without calculating beyond three significant decimal places, and the resulting horsepower shall be rounded in accordance with subparagraph (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section, whichever applies.

(c) This section does not apply to definite purpose motors, special purpose motors, and those motors exempted by the Secretary.

[64 FR 54141, Oct. 5, 1999; 65 FR 2227, Jan. 13, 2000]