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What is a Reduced Voltage Soft Starter (RVSS)?

By Matthew Harris on 7th Oct 2024

If you’ve ever floored the gas pedal in your car, you might have an idea of why soft starters can be helpful in electric motor applications. As a driver, you’re used to the smooth, gradual build-up of speed as your vehicle ge …

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Full speed ahead? Not so fast... Soft Starters and VFDs will improve operations and enhance your applications

By Yin on 26th Aug 2014

What is a Soft Starter?An RVSS (Reduced Voltage Soft Starter) is a solid state switching device first invented by a NASA engineer named Frank Nola. Throughout the years RVSS’s have been marketed as energy savers and are still som …

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