Lighting Contactor & Relay Panel

[Alwayslearningelec]

What is the difference between these two regarding thier components? Thanks.

 

[Strathead]

What is the difference between these two regarding thier components? Thanks.

Your question is a little vague. A lighting contactor (which can also be called a lighting relay) is a magnetic coil (mechanically or electrically held) with a determined number of normally open, and/or normally closed contacts. If you mean a Lighting control panel by relay panel, then it is a panel with controls such as on, off, photosensing, timed activation, motion activation, zone control integrated with lighting relays, which as I stated above are lighting contactors, usually each poel is indivually controlled and programmed though.


Hope this helps.

 

[Alwayslearningelec]

Your question is a little vague. A lighting contactor (which can also be called a lighting relay) is a magnetic coil (mechanically or electrically held) with a determined number of normally open, and/or normally closed contacts. If you mean a Lighting control panel by relay panel, then it is a panel with controls such as on, off, photosensing, timed activation, motion activation, zone control integrated with lighting relays, which as I stated above are lighting contactors, usually each poel is indivually controlled and programmed though.


Hope this helps.

What about a lighting contactor PANEL.Why I ask is because I thought a panel/switchgear vendor would quote this panel.

 

[mkgrady]

What about a lighting contactor PANEL.Why I ask is because I thought a panel/switchgear vendor would quote this panel.

It looks too custom to me for any panel/switchgear manufacturer to quote it. I suspect you need to find a small manufacturer that is competetive with small special jobs.

It looks like the panel would need three timers and 12 relays. You could make it work with four 3 pole relays but it does list 12 on the drawing. Why not put the parts in an enclosure that has a hinged door and a label on the outside that says "Lighting Contactor Panel"?

 

[Alwayslearningelec]

It looks too custom to me for any panel/switchgear manufacturer to quote it. I suspect you need to find a small manufacturer that is competetive with small special jobs.

It looks like the panel would need three timers and 12 relays. You could make it work with four 3 pole relays but it does list 12 on the drawing. Why not put the parts in an enclosure that has a hinged door and a label on the outside that says "Lighting Contactor Panel"?

You right thanks.

 

[Pullnwire]

Look into the LC&d blue box many options and prefabbed. Or, Just a timeclock, PC and a hoffman box.

 

[Strathead]

What about a lighting contactor PANEL.Why I ask is because I thought a panel/switchgear vendor would quote this panel.

I am an estimator. My feeling and experience on this item is this... First, I believe the name assigned by the Electrical Engineer was misleading. Generally this is called a Lighting Control Panel. Each individual module is generally referred to as a relay. These are usually provided by Lighting reps. As another poster stated, LC and D is one of these. However, GE has a line of lighting controls and they are usually quoted separately from the gear quote. Wattstopper has a line. Then to throe a qrench in the works, Square D has a line called Powerlink which combines the lighting control function with the breaker function. Since there it serves as the panel as well, they usually refuse to break it out.