But not if it is operated as a servo, the initial current can be controlled.
I repeat my previous question, why is a 2hp motor needed? Have you measure the torque required?
Max.

It’s 1kw max. It’s needed for simulating steering torque which can go up to 30N/m on real racing cars. So this motor at 10N/m is on the smaller side but still significant.

 

We have no idea about how he is controlling the RPM. Increasing the voltage make it spin faster (duh, and draw more current?).

 

We have no idea about how he is controlling the RPM. Increasing the voltage makes it spin faster (duh, and draw more current?).

 

OK, one more possibility, if it really is a servo motor and it really is a servo controller, is the setting of the maximum current limit adjustment. Most servo amps have such an adjustment, and that may be set far to high.
Is there a voltage rating nameplate on the servo motor? Do you have a manual for the controller?

 

Here is servo drive manual and the name plate

 

Have you gone through the complete setup for your application? If not, that may be a problem.

 

Have you gone through the complete setup for your application? If not, that may be a problem.

Yes I believe so. I’ve spoken to the technicians at Mige and did everything they said.

 

A 20 Amp GFCI outlet:

The problem I am having I believe is inrush current, whenever I try to give the motor a command to move it trips a breaker. (It is a 20A gfci outlet).

The outlet is not designed to trip on overcurrent, it's not a circuit breaker. A 20 Amp GFCI outlet is designed to trip when it detects a leakage current. When there is a current differential between Line ands Neutral exceeding 6 mA (pretty sure that is US specification) the outlet disconnects. I doubt your problem is inrush current. I would be more inclined to believe the motor has some either capacitive or inductive leakage current. My guess is you have a fault between ground and neutral or the motor has leakage current.

Using a transformer I would think any leakage would not be noticed by the GFCI? Anyway a GFCI unless mentioned is not a circuit breaker. It should only interrupt for a ground fault and when the neutral and line currents differ it figures the difference in current is going somewhere. Inrush current should not trip a GFCI that I am aware of.

You can soft start the motor but I doubt that will eliminate any leakage current. I would maybe try and megger the motor to ground if it has a grounded case.

Ron