Any input on Cutler-Hammer Starter?

td456

Two  cutler –hammer advantage  starters are  doing the same thing:
2 Z" n3 f( d+ { After start 2-3 times, they will quit working, if you toggle the  start and stop buttons on DCS screen  , you will get another 2-3 running before they quit working again.
It is a cycle.
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4 R6 q* {# {) TWe isolate the network control and use the local start and stop only, the problem remains.
Swap one of the defective buckets with a good one, the new bucket works fine.
2 j7 e. W4 B. J4 e% f( N8 BThe problem should be inside the bucket.

9 b. X4 O6 `  F2 YWhen the problem happened, we observed that  the contactor has a pulling action but will not seal.
Use a terminating screw divers to push in the contactor, it will not seal either.
: @! T( E  `3 L  Y2 }7 D1 tConfirm with TECH support this should be a problem with the control circuit board inside the advantage starter, we  bought two new control circuit boards and replaced the old ones, the problem is still the same.
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0 N0 w8 J( Q0 {( p1 e8 i+ PThe next thing we can think of  is the coil, we took the coil out to have a close look.
They  have a fork to pinch inside the two leads to make connection, it is not a good design at all. We soldered  the connection and tried again.
It is getting better  this time, we have 7-8 times of running before it quit working.
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' w8 V5 S- O# t" Z& M/ v/ Y  YThe coil should be the problem, we ordered two of them. But it will take 5-6 weeks for us to get them.

2 W' `4 p1 l; C) d: }6 f0 qDo you guys have any input on this issue?

侠客行

有时候主接触点太脏，也会造成启动器无法正常工作

贾电工

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homestay

Don't know cutler –hammer advantage  starters very well, but had been worked on AB switch gears for a little while, which has two different coils, one to pull the vacum bottles up which employs larger current, another one uses less current to hold the connection---if the second coil fails, it won't be able to seal the connection.
Since your cutler -hammer works couple times,  I guess 侠客行 is right, or the sealing connection is just worn out.

td456

2# 侠客行
- d0 {+ l* k. U( }也想到这一点，不过这是新装的设备。
检查过触点没问题。