Feeder Busway or Plug-In Busway
Sometimes details can really cause big mistakes. A manufacturing plant electrical supervisor wanted to replace 1200 amp feeder bus with 1600 amp. He had the voltage, amperage, distance, corners, end tap box, and other little details all taken care of and all he wanted was the cost and delivery time for new feeder bus. He was very busy and wasn’t interested in playing twenty questions. His preparation was exactly what MIDWEST likes to see. He had emailed www.swgr.com his requirements. When MIDWEST’s Switchgear Division called, is was easy confirmation from there. But when we asked for the catalog number of his existing Square D feeder bus, we knew right away that it wasn’t feeder bus duct or feeder busyway. It was actually plug in bus duct, plug in busway. It took a 12 second conversation to get it right and he was very glad we did. The error here wasn’t just technical. It was also due to a common human factor. He, like so many today, was just so busy, he didn’t have the uninterrupted time to think of all the details. We know, when it comes to bus duct and bus plugs, one has to double check everything. Kind of like the carpenter’s advise, measure twice, cut once. Double check everything.