Replace Bus Plugs Due to Failure, Not Just New Load
Cutler Hammer CP2HD366 Bus Plugs For Sale by MIDWEST
Much of the demand for reconditioned and new surplus bus plugs is because the user has to replace bus plugs that are defective. One of the worst things that happen is the bus plug operating mechanism breaks when you try to open or close it. It is very dangerous if the bus plug is half open or one pole opened and the other two are half closed yet. This type of failure is due to the lack of maintenance, specifically the lack of exercising the bus plug operating mechanism periodically. The other enemies are dirt, moisture, heat, and, as we have said many times, fork lifts. Sometimes folks are very surprised that so many reconditioned bus plugs are used to replace damaged or defective bus plugs rather than just for additional load or expansion.
Federal Pacific LSP1432 Bus Plugs For Sale by MIDWEST
For every Cutler Hammer CP2HD366 bus plug purchased for an expansion project, we might also replace a Federal Pacific LSP1432SN bus plug because the customer’s existing bus plug failed to operate properly. When it comes to bus plugs, run to failure is the standard operating mode. The perception is they don’t need maintenance because the never do anything. They just sit on the bus duct. And that is true, but it is also the reason they eventually may fail to operate properly when needed.
The only real pattern may be the use of newer style replacement bus plugs for expansion projects than for replacement of defective equipment