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Default How to renew contacts on a contactor you can't get anymore?

On 2012-01-22, Wes wrote:
Since Iggy wants to take them off, I thougth I'd ask how do you renew them. I have an old
machine at work that has a Furnas contactor that has a one flaky set of contacts and hte
contactor isn't available, nor will anything modern fit.

Would silver braze work to build them up? Is there a brazing stick made for repairing
contacts?


What's the model of the Furnas? Maybe I have one.

The ones that I want to take off, are huge. 3/4 ounce each, I am
guessing.

As for renewing contacts, I would unbraze the old contacts and fab and
make new ones from proper silver alloy. ($$$$)

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