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These are the minimum air gaps to maintain rated insulation — tighter spacing risks flashover between phases or to ground. ## Wire termination — main and auxiliary contacts The magnet coil uses screw-type terminals — no push-in or spring-cage option on this variant, so factor in screwdriver access during panel wiring. Rated for 10 million mechanical operations typical — that's the contactor body itself, not the contacts under load. For a line running 10 cycles per hour, that's over 100 years of mechanical life; the electrical endurance under load is the real limit. Maximum switching frequency depends on duty class: 1000 operations per hour in AC-1 (resistive loads), 750 ops/h in AC-2, AC-3, and AC-3e (motor starting/running), and 250 ops/h in AC-4 (plugging, inching, reversing). Exceeding these rates shortens contact life — the arcing time of 4 to 16 ms per operation adds up fast at high cycle rates. ## Auxiliary contact ratings — what they switch At 400 V it's rated 3 A. These are the make/break capacities for the control circuit — don't assume the 10 A rating holds at higher voltages. Breaking capacity at 50 Hz is 0.25 A, at 60 Hz is 0.28 A — these are the maximum currents the auxiliary contacts can interrupt in an AC control circuit. For DC control, use the voltage-specific ratings above.","metaTitle":"Siemens 3RT2028-1AL20-ZW96 SIRIUS Power Contactor, S0 Frame","metaDescription":"Siemens 3RT2028-1AL20-ZW96 SIRIUS power contactor, S0 frame, 45 mm wide, 97 mm deep. Screw and snap-on DIN rail mount. Current production. 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