Allenwest / GE 7700 MCC's

[raykelly003]

Hi - i have a plant full of Allenwest MCC's based on the GE 7700 - probably 50 MCC's in all. 30-40 years old now and in need of some attention. I understand Allenwest are no longer trading. Anyone out there gone through a refurbishment of these MCC's? Is anyone in europe supplying new starters for these MCC's. Don't really want to start bringing stuff in from US. Any help appreciated...........

 

[jraef]

Given that this part of GE is now ABB, I can imagine that they are not going to be terribly interested in supporting old GE gear, but they may be interested in upgrading them to ABB.


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[dpc]

I suspect the only sane refurbishment option is gutting the buckets and replacing everything, assuming the structure and bus are in good shape. I can't imagine this would be cost effective. A 30-year old MCC is at the end of life and it will be much better and probably less expensive to plan on gradual replacement.