An Old GE DP Contactor on a freezer: where can I find direct replacements?

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Unfortunately, the company that made this freezer unit went out of business. I am tasked with replacing the main 30 A contactor, which has one bad pole. Curiously enough, the contactor was setup for 3-phase and the unit is installed as 240 single phase. So I swapped everything on L1 to L3 and T1 to T3. So the freezer is working again while we locate a replacement. Of course it may last 9 more years that way....

Here is the part number: CR353AB3AB1C, which is a Definite Purpose Contactor
The last "C" is the kicker. It apparently means that it has 2 auxiliary contacts. My question is how to go about finding a replacement or similar item? GE doesn't list this in their catalogs anymore. They have similar ones, but they seem to have some 4-terminal contactors now.

What research I have found tells me that it MIGHT be POSSIBLE to find a suitable replacement, and if it doesn't have the auxiliary contactor(s), then I can move them over from the old one. I am not even sure that both Aux contacts are in use (one is for sure).

Oh, I found the old catalog from 1999. The latest catalog makes it obsolete. See http://livewiresupply.com/pdfcatalog/ATTACHMENTS/DIR100004/GENELEC00003_5_3_5_1.pdf The same company that has the catalog has a similar part, CR353AB3AB1 (the trailing C is missing) at http://livewiresupply.com/motor-control/ge/CR353AB3AB1.html -- but I doubt they will sell me ONE!

Has anyone worked on these? Is it possible to repair the contact that went bad?
 

Jraef

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Try Argo International, they are a small yet nationwide specialty distributor, they have really deep connections inside of GE, who uses them to get access to "Small Business Enterprise" contracts. They can often buy GE parts that are not available to the general public. They have an office in Houston and Dallas.

http://www.argointl.com/index.php
 
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