If the motor jams due to bearing failure or defect in the pump or any other reason, then it would draw much higher current
than its normal rated current. This will be sensed by the current sensing device, which will trip the circuit and protect the
motor. The other reasons resulting in motor drawing higher current include:
The contact rating for relays RL1 and RL2 should be 5 amperes, while contact ratings of relay RL3 should be 10 to 15
amperes. The transformer X1 can be wound using any suitable size CRGO core. (One can use a burnt out transformer core
as well). The primary comprises of 30 to 31 turns for use with 1-HP motor and additional 8turns, if you are using a 0.5 HP
motor. The fuses F1 and F2 are kit-Kat type. The ON push button is normally ‘off’ type, while off push button S2 is of
normally ‘on’ type. Capacitors C1 and C2, apart from smoothing the rectified output, provide necessary delay during
energisation and de-energisation of relays. Diodes across relays are used for protection as free wheeling diodes.
Starters for 0.5 HP and 1 HP motors are not easily available in the market. Users are therefore compelled to use 10 Amp
rated circuit breaker for such motors. A mechanical starter or auto starter would turn out to be costlier than the circuit
given here, which works very reliably. The author has been using such an electronic starter with 1 HP pump set for nearly
a year without any problem. Parts used in this circuit are easily available in most of the local markets