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Image: When You Buy a Motor, You're Buying Energy!

Motors account for an average of 60% of the electricity used by commercial, institutional and industrial companies.

A motor consumes:

  • 2–8 times its purchase cost in electricity each year
  • 50–200 times its purchase cost throughout its useful life (20–30 years)
Energy cost = 100 times purchase cost

A motor's purchase cost may amount to a mere one percent of its total operating costs throughout its useful life.

Motor operating costs (over 30 years)

Graphic: Motor operating costs

Calculation parameters

To reduce the operating costs of motors

Buying a motor is like buying electricity. Any efficiency gain from replacing a motor means energy savings.

Compare the energy cost and the savings from replacing a standard motor or EPAct efficient motor with a NEMA PremiumTM motor.
Operating cost example – Rate M
Operating cost example – Rate G