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Soft Starters

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  • Low Voltage Soft Starters

Benshaw offers a complete range of open chassis, enclosed chassis and packaged low voltage soft start solutions. Our standard duty soft starters (e.g. CSXI Series) are ideal for a wide range of basic soft start applications. Advanced models provide “Smart Card” flexibility and added protection for heavy duty (e.g. EMX4 Series) applications, and our MX3 motor control technology (e.g. RB3 Series) for severe duty applications.

All low voltage soft starters from Benshaw provide:

  • Mission critical reliability
  • Patented soft start technology
  • Integral digital protection and metering
  • 24/7 service and support

Open/Protected Chassis Low Voltage Soft Starters

Standard Duty …

  • CSXi Series Compact Soft Starter

    Compact, protected chassis motor control for standard duty soft start applications

    Learn more …

Heavy/Standard Duty …

  • EMX4 Series Protected Chassis Soft Starters

    Advanced “Smart Card” technology for industry-specific, heavy/standard duty soft start applications

    Learn more …

Severe Duty …

  • RB2 Series Open Chassis Soft Starters

    MX2 motor control technology with integral bypass for severe duty soft start applications

    Learn more …

  • RB3 Series Open Chassis Soft Starters

    Advanced MX3 technology with integral bypass for severe duty soft start applications

    Learn more …

Packaged Low Voltage Soft Starters

Standard/Heavy Duty …

  • MX4PB Series Packaged Soft Starters

    Prepackaged (NEMA 4/12) solid state soft starters with EMX4i technology

    Learn more …

  • RX4E Series Packaged Soft Starters

    NEMA 12 combination soft starters with ATL bypass and EMX4i technology

    Learn more …

  • CSXi Series Pump Panels

    CSXi soft start technology … preinstalled in a NEMA 3R enclosure

    Learn more …

Severe Duty …

  • RX2E Series Enclosed Combination Soft Starters

    Basic motor control technology for severe duty soft start applications

    Learn more …

  • RX3E Series Enclosed Combination Soft Starters

    Advanced technology for severe duty soft start applications

    Learn more …


Soft Start Selection Tools

Benshaw’s free Start Here app provides product selection and sizing tools for our full range of low voltage soft starters.
Click here to learn more.

The Start Here app also provides troubleshooting tools for our full range of low voltage soft starters.
Click here to learn more.


Three Year WarrantyThe Benshaw Promise

Our complete range of low voltage soft starters is guaranteed for three years.* Our competitors typically limit their warranties to just one year, but at Benshaw, we believe that since we build them better, we can guarantee them longer.

That’s “The Benshaw Promise.”

*Subject to factory authorized startup.


Click here to download our Low Voltage Starter pre-sale check sheet.

Click here to view low voltage soft starters in our webstore.

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