# What are the motor information required to program a VFD?

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**Category:** Electrical\
**Tags:** vfd\
**Created:** [August 27, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/what-are-the-motor-information-required-to-program-a-vfd/1278 "2016-08-27T17:12:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/what-are-the-motor-information-required-to-program-a-vfd/1278/1 "2016-08-27T17:12:27Z")

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Motor Information required to program a VFD are

1.Voltage - 208/230 or 460V 3 phase .The motor has to be three phase but the input voltage can be single single phase.

2.Amperage - The amperage always needed especially today with high efficiency motors.

3.RPM - This is needed when programming the new VFD

4.Frequency

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