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Reversing: Can soft starters be used to reverse motor direction?

On their own, soft starters cannot run motors in reverse direction at full speed. However, forward and reverse operation can be achieved by using a forward and reverse contactor arrangement.

Reversing operation

Some soft starters also provide a part speed function that runs the motor at slow speed in either forward or reverse, without a reversing contactor. However, reverse operation is limited to short periods at a fixed slow speed.