NEMA classifications and types.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has basic wiring class and type designations for the wiring of MCCs. These criteria ensure industry-wide uniformity among equipment suppliers. You choose NEMA Class and Type on the basis of the wiring terminations preferred. Class 1 has a mechanical grouping of arranged combination motor control units. These MCCs include connections from the common power bus to the units; however, they operate independently and do not include inter-wiring or interlocking among units or to remotely mounted devices. Class 2 consists of a grouping of combination motor control units; feeder tap units; and other units designed to form a complete system. These MCCs include the necessary electrical interlocking and inter-wiring among units and interlocking provisions to remotely mounted devices in addition to the connections from the common power bus to the units. Type A MCCs contain the minimum wiring and are lowest in initial cost. The user's load and control wiring connects directly to the starter. Type B offers the convenience of clearly identified factory-wired terminal boards for control wires. Terminal blocks are placed either in the starter unit or in the vertical wire trough adjacent to the unit. User field load wiring for Size 4 and larger starter units connects directly to the starter terminals. User field load wiring for Size 3 or smaller combination starter units connects as follows: Type B-D: User field load wiring connects to the starter terminals. Type B-T: User field load wiring connects to factory-wired power terminal blocks in or adjacent to units. Type C also offers clearly identified factory-wired terminal blocks. However, Type C groups terminal blocks in master terminal compartments. These compartments (one for each vertical section) may be adjacent to conductor entry areas at either the top or bottom of each section.