Bus Plugs Blog – Expert Safety and Usage Information

Our Switchgear Shop claims nothing surprises them anymore.  Well they got a surprise last week.  We received a 400 amp, old bus plug for reconditioning.  It looked in great condition, almost like a new bus plug. The receiving inspection read something like, Good, Good, Good, on and on, and at the end, Junk.  It seems the reason the customer sent in this bus plug was because it looked like the Titanic.  It had an 18 inch slice along one side of the enclosure.  Very clean, very deep and perfectly straight.  We have no clue how they did this.  But we suspect a fork truck was involved. MIDWEST gets a few old bus plugs that have lost a battle with a fork truck. So our guys took a picture and added this one to our “Wall of Horror.”