Application
The cover shield is easy to install and remove while being a safeguard for "hot" blades. The cover shield can easily be secured via the tabs on the top of the cover preventing misplacement or damage. The ABB separate source test plug can be inserted into the FT switch while keeping hot blades isolated, providing unsurpassed safety during necessary testing and maintenance.
Target markets
The cover shield is intended to be used by all customers who use FT-1 and FT-14 Flexitest™ switches:
- Investors owned utilities
- Public owned utilities
- Industrial
- OEMs
- Petrochemical
- Pulp and paper
Product highlights
- Retrofitable - can replace existing shallow clear and black covers
- Safety - provides finger safe protection during testing and maintenance
- Ingress protection - provides IP41 (dripping water) protection when installed via thumbnuts
Product characteristics
The cover shield adds hanging tabs and internal bosses to the standard shallow clear and black covers to provide customers with a means of covering hot blades during testing and maintenance.
Product documentation
Flexitest switch product guide
Product positioning
The Flexitest switch cover shield is an addition to the existing FT test switch cover portfolio. The new cover shield makes the FT switch the first to provide a visual disconnect and finger-safe protection.
Ordering
Refer to the table below for cover shield style numbers when ordering. Use a "G" prefix for the shallow clear cover shield and "K" prefix for the shallow black cover shield when ordering FT-1 and FT-14 switches.
| Cover shield | Style number |
| FT-1 shallow black | 128A973G09 |
| FT-1 shallow clear | 9669A64G05 |
| FT-14 shallow black | 128A973G10 |
| FT-14 shallow clear | 9669A64G06 |
Availability and delivery time
Availability will begin on March 1, 2018 with a lead time of 2 weeks.
Contact people
Please contact a local ABB representative for price and more information.
- ABB sales representatives
- ABB regional sales managers
- ABB customer support
- Munish Maggon, Product Marketing Manager
- Edgar P. Flores, Global Product Manager ANSI
- Glenn Goldfarb, Senior Marketing Engineer
