[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR431.25]

[Page 398-399]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 431_ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL 
EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B_Electric Motors
 
Sec. 431.25  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:

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                                                            Nominal full load efficiency
                                   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Motor horsepower/ standard          Open motors (number of poles)        Enclosed motors (number of poles)
        kilowatt equivalent        -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         6            4            2            6            4            2
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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
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    (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) of this 
section. 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

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paragraphs (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.