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Switchgear Harmonic Vibration

Thread starter ghostbuster7
Start date Jun 26, 2012

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Jun 26, 2012

ghostbuster7

Electrical

A large free standing 400 amp Cutler Hammer/Westinghouse disconnect switch violently vibrates when the SCR controlled lighting it feeds for a movie set is turned on.

The noise is so loud they have had to stop filming.

Are there any quick low cost solutions to this problem?

Thanks for any help.