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What do I do, Replace or Retrofit?
NEWSLETTER #2
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
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What is a Solid-State Retrofit?
Retrofit vs Replace |
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- Breakers can be upgraded, in a manner of hours. In situations where an outage of this length is not possible, Satin American can provide converted and tested breakers that can swapped with the on-site breakers in a manner of minutes. Installing new breakers often requires replacement of switchgear and requires an outage that lasts at least several days and as long as several weeks.
- The breakers already owned by most facilities are very well designed and constructed and will last for many more decades when properly maintained. Newer breakers tend to be not as well engineered and are considered to be disposable. It is much more difficult to fix a mechanical problem on a newer breaker.
- Since all OEM breakers can be retrofitted using the etc-12 kit, it is possible to standardize on one trip unit even if a facility utilizes breakers from different vintages and manufacturers. This greatly simplifies maintenance by eliminating the need to train personnel to use and maintain multiple systems.
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