Timer Clock with lighting contactor

[JonatanM]

Hello, my name is Jonatan
I need some help from you guys i decided to take my first commercial job but im stuck with a contactor wiring with timeclock. Im not sure if i need more then one circuit from the timeclock going to 3 lightning contactors.

 

[augie47]

Can you provide some more detail ?

 

[LarryFine]

Welcome to the forum.

Is this existing or new?

 

[don_resqcapt19]

One circuit should be fine for all 3 contactors assuming the coil voltage is the same. One thing you need to know is if the contractors are electrically held or mechanically held. Some mechanically held lighting contractor require to control wires. One to tell the contactor to open and one to tell it to close. Often these must be momentary inputs to the contactor, but some contactors have "clearing" contacts that permit the use of maintained inputs.

 

[JonatanM]

One circuit should be fine for all 3 contactors assuming the coil voltage is the same. One thing you need to know is if the contractors are electrically held or mechanically held. Some mechanically held lighting contractor require to control wires. One to tell the contactor to open and one to tell it to close. Often these must be momentary inputs to the contactor, but some contactors have "clearing" contacts that permit the use of maintained inputs.

Yes the coil voltage is the same and its electrically held

 

[JonatanM]

Welcome to the forum.

Is this existing or new?

The time clock is existing but we are doing new lightning contactors and some new wiring

 

[JonatanM]

Hello, my name is Jonatan
I need some help from you guys i decided to take my first commercial job but im stuck with a contactor wiring with timeclock. Im not sure if i need more then one circuit from the timeclock going to 3 lightning contactors.

The lightning contactors , electrically held, 120v coil, 4 pole, 20 amp contacts, Nema 1 enclosure and one of them is a 12 pole contactor
We are supposed to hook up the timeclock with the 3 contactors and a 2 hr override timer switch

 

[Eddie702]

Sound like one circuit will do the controls. If you're talking about how may circuits, you need for the lighting we would need to know the load.

 

[infinity]

The lightning contactors , electrically held, 120v coil, 4 pole, 20 amp contacts, Nema 1 enclosure and one of them is a 12 pole contactor
We are supposed to hook up the timeclock with the 3 contactors and a 2 hr override timer switch

How is this supposed to function? Time clock on/off, override to change the status of the time clock?