A power switching control apparatus for acquiring pieces of making
operation time information of individual phase switches more precisely
according to loads and making instants. Making operation time information
detecting means outputs the making operation time information of at least
one of individual phase switches on the basis of the motion of the
movable contact of the phase switch, and outputs the making operation
time information of at least another of the individual phase switches on
the basis of the phase current of the phase switch. Moreover, the making
operation time information detecting means outputs the making operation
time information ITA, ITB and ITC of an A-phase switch, a B-phase switch
and a C-phase switch individually on the basis of either the detected
output of a contact operation sensor and the detected output of a phase
current sensor.