Re: switching a polemount transformer

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Original poster: "Steve White by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <slwhite-at-zeus.ia-dot-net>

You can easily find contactors this size on E-Bay for a lot less than $400.
I bought one there.

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Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 9:37 AM
Subject: switching a polemount transformer


> Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<presence-at-churchofinformationwarfare-dot-org>
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> Greetings from Chicago.
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> What do some of you  use to switch on an off a 10kVA polemount
transformer?
> I browsed some catalogs and it seems a two pole 100A contactor is
something
> like $400 and up (I"m not seeing any "value" there either). What about big
> stud SCRs or electrical disconnect boxes with the fun handle? Has anbody
had
> problem with the inrush current?
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> KEN
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