In semiconductor testing, contactors can also be referred to as the specialized socket that connects the device under test.In process industries, a contactor is a vessel where two streams interact, for example, air and liquid. See Gas-liquid contactor.For other uses, see Contactor (disambiguation).
AC contactor for pump application
A contactor is an electrically controlled switch used for switching an electrical power circuit.[1] A contactor is typically controlled by a circuit which has a much lower power level than the switched circuit, such as a 24-volt coil electromagnet controlling a 230-volt motor switch.
Unlike general-purpose relays, contactors are designed to be directly connected to high-current load devices. Relays tend to be of lower capacity and are usually designed for both normally closed and normally open applications. Devices switching more than 15 amperes or in circuits rated more than a few kilowatts are usually called contactors. Apart from optional auxiliary low-current contacts, contactors are almost exclusively fitted with normally open ("form A") contacts. Unlike relays, contactors are designed with features to control and suppress the arc produced when interrupting heavy motor currents.
Contactors come in many forms with varying capacities and features. Unlike a circuit breaker, a contactor is not intended to interrupt a short circuit current. Contactors range from those having a breaking current of several amperes to thousands of amperes and 24 V DC to many kilovolts. The physical size of contactors ranges from a device small enough to pick up with one hand, to large devices approximately a meter (yard) on a side.
Contactors are used to control electric motors, lighting, heating, capacitor banks, thermal evaporators, and other electrical loads.
^Croft, Terrell; Summers, Wilford, eds. (1987). American Electricians' Handbook (Eleventh ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. p. 7-124. ISBN 0-07-013932-6.
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