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Contactors are large relays used to switch high currents for electric motors and other loads. When current passes through a contactor's electromagnet, it produces a magnetic field that closes the contacts, allowing current to flow. When current stops, the contacts open. Contactors are commonly used for lighting control, where latching contactors hold contacts closed until a second coil opens them. Magnetic starters include contactors and provide motor protection. Vacuum contactors use encapsulated contacts to suppress arcs in dirty environments. Contactors allow automatic starting and stopping of machines while protecting against overloads, but frequent opening and closing shortens their life due to electrical arcing.

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Contactors are large relays used to switch high currents for electric motors and other loads. When current passes through a contactor's electromagnet, it produces a magnetic field that closes the contacts, allowing current to flow. When current stops, the contacts open. Contactors are commonly used for lighting control, where latching contactors hold contacts closed until a second coil opens them. Magnetic starters include contactors and provide motor protection. Vacuum contactors use encapsulated contacts to suppress arcs in dirty environments. Contactors allow automatic starting and stopping of machines while protecting against overloads, but frequent opening and closing shortens their life due to electrical arcing.

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CONTACTORS

CONTACTORS
 Designed to connect high current devices from power
supply.
 Devices switching more than 15 ampere or more uses
contactors
 is a large relay, usually used to switch current to an
electric motor or other high-power load.
How does contactor works?
 When current is passed through the contactor, the
electromagnet starts to build up, producing a
magnetic field. Thus the core of the contactor starts to
wind up. This process helps in energizing the moving
contact. Thus the moving and fixed contacts make a
short circuit. Thus the current is passed through them
to the next circuit. The armature coil brings in high
current in the initial position. This reduces as soon as
the metal core enters the coil. When the current is
stopped, the coil gets de-energized and thus the
contacts get open circuited.
Types of Contactors
Lighting control
 Contactors are often used to provide central control of
large lighting installations, such as an office building
or retail building. To reduce power consumption in the
contactor coils, latching contactors are used, which
have two operating coils. One coil, momentarily
energized, closes the power circuit contacts, which are
then mechanically held closed; the second coil opens
the contacts.
Magnetic starter
 A magnetic starter is a device designed to provide
power to electric motors. It includes a contactor as an
essential component, while also providing power-
cutoff, under-voltage, and overload protection.
Vacuum contactor
 Vacuum contactors utilize vacuum bottle encapsulated
contacts to suppress the arc. This arc suppression
allows the contacts to be much smaller and use less
space than air break contacts at higher currents. As the
contacts are encapsulated, vacuum contactors are used
fairly extensively in dirty applications, such as mining.
Advantage disadvantages
 homogenizes or balances out  The more frequently the
changes in electrical frequency contacts are opened and closed,
which may come from a power the shorter the life of the
supply as well as to act as a contactor.
safeguard.  As contacts open and close, an
 enable machines in heavy electrical arc is created between
industries to be automatically them. The arcs produce
shut down and started. additional heat, which, if
 contactors cut off current in the continued, can damage the
event of an overload. contact surfaces

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