RE: switching a polemount transformer

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Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

I employ big outdoor switches that are used to control power to trailer
houses. The ones I use look like giant wall switches and are rated for 100
amps.

Godfrey Loudner


> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent:	Friday, August 31, 2001 11:37 AM
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> Subject:	switching a polemount transformer
> 
> Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <presence-at-churchofinformationwarfare-dot-org>
> 
> Greetings from Chicago.
> 
> 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?
> 
> KEN
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