1. 
Screw
. 
2. 
Stationary 
Arcing Contact  -
3. 
Pin 
(Stationary 
Arcing 
Contact) 
4. 
Movable 
Arcing 
Contact 
5. 
Spring 
(Leaf Contact)  _ 
5A. 
Stationary 
Intermediate 
Contact 
6.  Movable Main Contact  · 
. 
7. 
Shouldered 
Pin 
1 
2 
3 
4 
Low Voltage 
Power 
Circuit 
Breake~s 
GEK-7303 
-
28 
· 
~ 
---------
27 
26 
8. 
Pin 
(Arcing Contact Links) 
5 
~---t-..,,._---.....::,aa-..., 
•--r--+---+----...--
22 
.J.------~l 
-
9. 
Insulating 
Link  · 
. 
10. 
Pin 
(Insulating Link) 
lOA.  Adjusting 
Plate 
5A-~--t---\----~-
______ 
20A 
10B. 
Buffer 
Spacers 
11. 
Pin 
(Side Link) 
12. 
Link 
13. 
Clevis 
14. 
Clevis 
Pin 
6 
'l 
8 
9 
___ 
20 
~~f/r:J__..-------1~ 
----18 
15. 
Lower 
Stud 
16. 
Pole 
Unit 
Base 
10 
-----
1-----16 
· 
17. 
Spring 
(Main Movable Contact) 
18. 
Pin 
(Main Movable Contact)  · 
lOA 
____ 
, 
19. 
Pin 
(Movable  Arcing  Contact) 
20.  Side 
Link 
- _ 
20A. 
Contact 
Stop  .  - · -
21. 
Spring
-(Statio:f1ar.y  Main Contact)  - -
22 •. 
Spring 
(Stationary Arcing Contact) 
23. 
Upper 
Stud  -_  · 
24. 
Leaf 
Spring 
(Stationary Main Contacts) 
· 
25. 
Pin 
(Stationary Main Contact)  -
26. 
Stationary 
Main Contact 
27 • . 
screw
. 
28. 
Stop 
=-
.:=.;,,.-i----, 
{  -. 
I 
I 
15 
. 
Fig. 
6 (0107D7517rPote 
unit 
assembly-AK-50 
_ 
a:t 
least 
3/16 
1/4 
in. 
in., 
the ·main: contacts  gap 
at 
l~ast 
-
spacers 
on 
the 
cross-bar 
• .  The  ~ocking  nuts 
<?D 
-
the 
buffer 
bolts 
should. 
be 
locked m 
such 
a pos1-
- -
NOTE:  -
This 
check 
can 
. 
best 
be  made 
by 
means 
of  the 
m~~tenance
-
h~dle,-~ith
- _ 
the 
safety 
pin 
rel?trammg 
th_e 
closing 
springs. 
If 
the 
gap 
is 
under 
the 
required 
minimum. 
it 
is 
-
usually 
possible 
to 
form 
the 
arcing 
contacts and 
obtain 
the 
re_quired 
dimensions. 
'FO 
form 
~e 
con-
tacts, 
place 
a 
piece 
of  conchnt  approximately 
two 
feet 
long, 
over 
the 
contact 
and 
form 
the contact 
either 
forward 
or 
backward. 
If 
the 
proper 
dimen-
sions
-
are 
still 
not 
obtained 
the 
movable 
arc-
ing 
contacts 
should 
be 
replaced. 
If 
it 
has 
been 
necessary 
to 
make -any  adjust-
ments 
while  obtaining 
proper
_ 
contact 
sequence, 
the 
contact 
wipe  and 
pressure 
must 
be 
checked,  -
and 
adjusted, 
if 
necessary. 
CONTACT 
GAP 
(Fig. 
6) 
When· 
the 
breaker 
is 
open, 
the 
gap -between 
the 
movable  and 
stationary 
contacts 
should  be 
between 
2 
5/8 
in. 
and  2 
3/4 
in. 
The gap  may 
be 
adjusted 
· 
by 
varying 
the 
number 
of  buffer 
- tion 
that 
th~  buffer 
bolt 
may 
be 
rotated 
fre~ly. 
REPLACEMENT 
OF 
CONTACTS 
(Fig. 
6) 
- . 
- Stationary 
A~cing 
Contads (2, 
Fig. 
_6) 
(1, 
Fig. 
7)  -
1.  Remove 
the 
upper 
plate 
by  removing  two 
screws 
. (1).  On  the -AK-75  and  -100  r~move 
~e 
.top 
contact 
Qlock (25, 
Fig. 
7) 
and remove insulation 
(3, 
Fig. 
7). 
__ 
- . 
2. 
Loosen 
screws 
holding 
spring.
- (5) 
3 • . - Remove pin 
(3) 
freeing the 
stationary 
con-
. 
tacts 
and 
springs 
(22).  ·  · 
4. 
Install 
new  springs  and 
stationary 
arcing 
contacts 
in 
reverse 
order. 
· 
5.  Adjust  contact  wipe  and 
pressure. 
(See 
ADJUSTING 
CONTACT 
WIPE 
AND 
PRESSURE). 
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