Maintenance of contacts
A contact is not necessarily damaged or worn out, just because the surface is rough and
discolored. The contacts in the figure below may look like bad contacts but the fact is
that they are better than a new set of contacts. This is because they are ”electrically sea
ted” and make good contact over a larger surface. Based on this it would be completely
wrong to change a contact only by judging from the appearance of the surface. Also it
is quite normal that the contacts in the three phases are not evenly worn and because
of this all contacts both fixed and movable need to be changed. At the same time it is
recommended to change the arc chutes.
Inspection of contacts
With today´s high performance contactors, filing, grinding, or other attempts to restore
contacts or contact surfaces should be avoided. Our experience shows that filing and
grinding increases the risk of causing other problems. For example the risk of increasing
the contacts resistance is high due to scrap from this grinding and filing.
Maintenance should be limited to inspection of the contacts for the level of contact wear.
This is to ensure a trouble free operation of the contactor until the next service is requi
red (see next section –Interpreting levels of electrical contact wear). At the same time
observations can be made to judge if the contactor operates well in the application and
that no signs of abnormal wear or damages are present on the contacts.
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