How to Connect GH15 Contactors and the Appropriate Overload into One Unit from AutomationDirect

In this video I am going to show you how to take one of our GH15 contactors and the appropriate overload and connect them up together into one unit like this one. Now when you purchase the overload and contactor, there is in-box documentation and you can also find that same documentation and more on our website. But if you are like me, you want to see a video on how to connect these up. So that's what we are going to show you today. When you purchase an overload, you will get two bags full of accessories with these mounting brackets, bolts, nuts, washers and some screws. That's what I am going to show you how to connect up. In order to assemble the overload to the contactor, you are going to need a flat head screwdriver and a ratchet or wrench or both in order to tighten up the nuts and bolts. First we want to slide in the included buss bars. Now if you look at these closely two of them have offsets and all of them have a tapped hole. These, you will want to go through the bottom of the overload. The offsets need to go on the outsides, furthest. Once I have all of these in, you can connect them up with the included screws into these holes. Now the first two sets you can get in fine, the last one, the auxiliary contact is in the way. So we simply just loosen it, disconnect it and move it out of the way. And we can insert our last screw to tighten down all of these buss bars. Now connect our auxiliary contact back. Next we will want to attach our overload to the contactor itself. Now, you might be thinking we can do this just directly by bolting it. Well, they are offset for a reason. Had we put these bars in, in the reverse side, through the top, yes they do match up but you don't want your overload up here off of your panel. You want to use these offsets so that your overload and your contactor are both flush on the same mounting surface. So here, we will install all of the bolts, washers, lock washers and nuts to the contactor and the overload. Now if you notice, we are using a bolt and flat washer and on the bottom side, we are using a lock washer and the nut. So now, I have my overload and my contactor both bolted together. I only hand tightened these bolts and nuts just for demonstration purposes. So make sure you use some wrenches and ratchets and tighten these up good. Now I can show you, it is one unit and if you notice, they are both on the same plane so you can mount them to your sub pane in your enclosure. And a little word of advice: don't forget to tie your control circuits into the overload. I hope you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and we hope to see you again soon.