Abstract: A device is provided that begins an electrical starting mode in a parallel circuit configuration providing an improved speed of response and after an interval of time, current is switched to a series circuit configuration for operation during a run mode. The device is initially energized at several times the power normally required to activate a coil and switching means is thereafter utilized to reduce power to a normal requirement soon after the coil is energized. Specific hardware is provided in the form of schematic diagrams for defining the operation of the invention.

Abstract: A speed sensitive, load sensitive and AC line voltage fluctuation insensitive, motor starting system is provided for an AC motor having a main winding (1) and an auxiliary winding (2) both connectable across an AC power source (3). Relative magnitudes of main and auxiliary winding voltages are sensed and compared. The auxiliary winding is disconnected (5) from the AC source when the auxiliary winding voltage, including the components from the AC source and from rotationally induced voltage, rises above a predetermined value relative to the main winding voltage as a function of motor speed. After starting, when the motor is in a run mode and the auxiliary winding is disconnected from the AC source, only the rotationally induced auxiliary winding voltage is sensed.