CSA C22.2, No.100 is one of a series of standards under Part II of the Canadian Electrical Code. It applies to electric motors and generators for installation and use, in accordance with the Rules of the CE Code, Part I, in non-hazardous locations.
The 7th edition incorporates numerous revisions and updates including new definitions, added clauses, notes, and updates of important figures and tables.
Highlights:
• Suitable for use for conformity assessment within the stated scope of the document
• Addition of stabilization temperature as a definition
• Addition of clauses for Inverters integral with portable generators and Portable generator output circuits
Preface
This is the seventh edition of CSA C22.2 No. 100, Motors and generators, one of a series of Standards issued by the Canadian Standards Association under Part II of the Canadian Electrical Code. It supersedes the previous editions published in 2004, 1995, 1992, 1985, 1982, and 1974.
This Standard is considered suitable for use for conformity assessment within the stated scope of the Standard.
Significant changes from the previous edition are as follows:
a) Updates 1, 2, and 3 from the previous edition incorporated;
b) Clause 3: Definitions - added Stabilization temperature;
c) Clause 4.5 added;
d) Clause 7.2.1c) added;
e) Clause 7.4.7 added;
f) Clause 10.4.3.2 second paragraph added to clarify temperature;
g) Requirements for protection and control of generators removed from Clause 12.2.7and added to new Clause 12.2.8;
h) Clause 12.2.9 added: Inverters integral with portable generators;
i) Clause 12.2.10 added: Portable generator output circuits;
j) Clause 13.2.2 rewritten for clarity;
k) Note added to Clause 13.3.2 for clarity;
l) Notes 1 and 2 added to Clause for clarity;
m) Table 3: second note added;
n) Table 4: Note 3 updated for clarity;
o) Table 10: Note 4 added;
p) Table 11: Note 4 added;
q) Table 11: Note 3 added; and
r) Figures 5, 6, and 7 updated for clarity.
For general information on the standards of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part II, see the Preface of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 0.
Scope
1.1
This Standard applies to electric motors and generators for installation and use, in accordance with the Rules of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I, in non-hazardous locations.
Note: The term machine throughout this Standard should be assumed to mean motor and generator.
1.2
Clauses 2 to 7 are general in nature and apply, unless otherwise noted, to the motors and generators covered by Clauses 8 to 13 as follows:
a) Clause 8 - DC machines and AC machines (including universal motors) in IEC frame size 80 and smaller;
b) Clause 9 - AC machines (including universal motors) in IEC frame sizes 90 to 280 and rated 750 V ac and less;
c) Clause 10 - AC machines rated over 750 V ac or in IEC frame size 315 and larger;
d) Clause 11 - DC machines in IEC frame size 90 and larger;
e) Clause 12 - portable and standby generators; and
f) Clause 13 - inverter-duty AC machines.
1.3
This Standard provides basic requirements for machines and does not exclude any additional requirements given in other Standards of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part II.
1.4
This Standard does not apply to
a) sealed- (hermetic-) type motors such as those used in refrigerant compressors; or
b) electric machines for use in aircraft, marine service installations, drives for land transportation equipment, or machines used in underground mining.
1.5
In this Standard, shall is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the standard; should is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and may is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the standard.
Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material.
Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements.
Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (non-mandatory) to define their application.
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