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Definition of Contactor
1. Noun. (electrical engineering) A relay used to control an electrical power circuit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contactor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contactor
Literary usage of Contactor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1914)
"Close switch A. Closing switch A closes contactor E through interlock L on switch D.
contactor 0 also closes, its circuit being closed through segment C on ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"_<«"***«• 9 contactor 2 contactor 10 >_R._R._ Al-AAl, etc.-ground. ... On the
eighth position, contactor 7 is picked up and resistance sections R5-R6-R7 are ..."
3. Naval Electricians' Text Book by William Hannum Grubb Bullard, John Thomas Tompkins, Amon Bronson (1915)
"Finger H, feeds through cable to binding post Ht on contactor H1. through solenoid
coil to post B, over disc to 5, along 5 to 5 on contactor R.,, ..."
4. Single-phase Electric Railways by Edwin Austin (1915)
"contactor 19 is fitted with an interlocking device, so that when it opens it
carries contactor 18 with it, and vice versa. Obviously, the blowing of the ..."
5. Electrical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Hand-book of Useful Data for by Horatio Alvah Foster (1908)
"Each contactor consists of a movable arm carrying a renewable copper tip which
... The contactor contactor«.—The contactors are the means of cutting in and ..."
6. Controllers for Electric Motors: A Treatise on the Modern Industrial by Henry Duvall James (1919)
"... VIII DIRECT-CURRENT MAGNETIC contactor CONTROLLERS MAGNETIC contactor controllers
may be divided broadly into non-reversing and reversing controllers. ..."
7. Electrical Railroading; Or, Electricity as Applied to Railroad Transportation by Sidney Aylmer-Small (1908)
"This switch does not close the pump motor circuit itself, but closes the circuit
through the PUMP MOTOR CIRCUIT contactor, which has higher current capacity ..."
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