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Maintenance
01.4IB.77000B
PowlVac-ND® Vacuum Circuit Breaker
13. Slowly depress the trip coil armature
using the manual charge handle.
Depress the handle until the armature
contacts the feeler gauges. The circuit
breaker should trip.
Note:
It is important to avoid “tilting”
the trip coil armature. Tilting the
armature by applying a load to the
right of the feeler gauges will produce
incorrect results.
14. If the circuit breaker did NOT TRIP
during the test performed in
step 14
,
remove the feeler gauges and trip the
breaker. Decrease the gap between the
trip coil armature and the trip lever by
bending the trip lever upwards slightly
using channel lock pliers or a small
crescent wrench. Repeat
steps 8, 9, & 13
.
Note:
Bend the trip lever in very small
increments. This process may take
several attempts.
15. Repeat
steps 8 through 14
until the
breaker does NOT trip with the 0.090”
gauge inserted in the trip coil armature
gap and does trip with 0.030” gauge
inserted into the trip coil armature gap.
16. Perform the latch check switch
adjustment per the procedure found in
Ch 5 Maintenance
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4) Mechanism Adjustments
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d. Latch
Check Switch Adjustment.
17. Replace circuit breaker front cover.
d. Latch Check Switch Adjustment
Figure 21 Latch Check Switch Adjustment
Pivot Screw
0.045"
c
b
a
a. Latch Check Switch
b. Latch Check Operator
c. Secondary Trip Prop Adjusting Screw
The latch check switch adjustment
(Figure 21) described is not required for
routine maintenance; however, the latch
check switch may need to be adjusted after
major overhaul, removal of the mechanism,
or tripping system adjustment.
To adjust the latch check switch perform
the following steps:
1. Remove the main closing spring as
described in this section.
2. Rotate the crank arms until the spring
charge indicator displays, CLOSING
SPRING CHARGED.
3. Loosen the two screws which secure
the latch check switch and rotate the
latch check switch about the pivot
screw downward to the lowest position
allowed. The latch check switch
contacts are now OPEN.