Category Archives: General Electric
Electric Control Partnership Rescues Utility
Since the 1950’s Electric Control Company, Inc. has been collecting components so they can replace parts quickly and reliably in older switchgear. This huge stockpile of switchgear and circuit breakers allows the company to respond to any emergency, big or … Continue reading
GE Circuit Breaker Limit Switches CAT# K-9921661-2 AND CAT# K-9921661-1, Now Available at Electric Control
General electric supplied two different limit switches on their AK series power circuit breakers. These limit switches were used in electrically operated circuit breakers and were responsible for starting a motor –normally closed K-9921661-2, and stopping the charging motor-normally open … Continue reading
GE Magnablast Switchgear – Raise Lower Motors
GE Magnablast switchgear came in several designs. In each design, even if it was 5KV Magnablast switchgear or 15 KV Magnablast switchgear, it required a motor to raise the beaker into the primary disconnects. The motor was appropriately called the … Continue reading
Purchasing Low Voltage Circuit Breakers
Low voltage circuit breakers are also a high demand product that we carry here at Electric Control Equipment. We stock large circuit breakers, 480 volt circuit breakers, and 5KV/15KV circuit breakers from 1945 to the present. We also house different … Continue reading
The History of GE AL Circuit Breakers, GE AK Circuit Breakers and GE AKR Circuit Breakers
In 1945 after the war effort had ended, GE sold the first resettable fuse, now know today as a circuit breaker. The GE AL lines of circuit breakers (the first circuit breakers) were large heavy circuit breakers mounted on slate. … Continue reading
Interchangeability of GE Magnablast 15KV Circuit Breakers
An Offer from Electric Control! Electric Control is currently offering an alternate solution for customers needing to rebuild their old MS-11 breaker; with the purchase of similar interchangeable breakers with updated ML-13 mechanisms you can upgrade your system with a … Continue reading
GE Medium Voltage Circuit Breakers
GE 5Kv and 15Kv medium-voltage circuit breakers have been made since 1945. These particular circuit breakers were all classified under the GE Magnablast name. The GE Magnablast circuit breakers in their earliest days were solenoid operated, an engineering function designed … Continue reading
GE 5 and 15 Kv Indoor & Outdoor Switchgear
Vertical Lift Breakers GE manufactured 5 and 15 Kv circuit breakers so they would fit vertically into a switchgear unit, specifically, where the unit disconnects. The stabs of the circuit breaker bushings were mounted straight out of the top of … Continue reading
GE Industrial Switchgear – A Piece of History
GE makes some of the most reliable industrial switchgear that can be found on the market. A pioneer in the circuit breaker industry, GE was the premier line of switchgear that founded much of the industry, which began during WWII. Electric Control houses all models of GE industrial switchgear, from 1940-present. Our inventory of remanufactured and new circuit breakers and industrial switchgear is one of the largest in the country. Continue reading