Working with MIKO-2.3 at AREVA HGF1012 circuit breaker
Recently, SKB EP engineers carried out some testings on AREVA (ALSTOM) HGF1012 high-voltage SF6 circuit breaker using MIKO-2.3 multipurpose low/high resistance meter.
One of the main methods of monitoring the technical condition of the elements of high-voltage circuit breakers, disconnectors, separators, short-circuits and current leads is to check their electrical resistance using specific instruments, such as micro-ohmmeters.
For micro-ohmmeters, the main requirements are to provide a sufficiently large and stable test current through contact resistance. And the most accurate measurements will be obtained when the micro-ohmmeter test current approaches the operating current of the contacts.
In addition, an important feature of AREVA (ALSTOM) HGF1012 circuit breaker is the presence of built-in current transformers that imposes another important requirement on the micro-ohmmeter. Not every resistance meter is suitable for measuring the contact resistance in a circuit breaker that has a current transformer. After all, the test current of the micro-ohmmeter must flow through the circuit stably and sufficient time and the micro-ohmmeter itself must operate steadily in conditions of power electromagnetic fields.
All SKB EP micro-ohmmeters take into account the presence of the current transformers in the measuring circuit and have different characteristics to fulfill client requirements. For this test MIKO-2.3 multipurpose low / high resistance meter was chosen. It has already been long operated by the engineer who works at the facility where this SF6 circuit breaker is located.
A feature of MIKO-2.3 is that it is not just a micro-ohmmeter, but a full portable mini-laboratory allowing to perform all tasks connected with resistance measurement in electrical equipment as this instrument operates in four modes: micro-ohmmeter, milli-ohmmeter, kilo-ohmmeter and thermometer.
Lightweight and autonomous power supply make it possible to use MIKO-2.3 multipurpose low/high resistance meter not only from the ground, but also from the tank cover of a circuit breaker or a transformer, or from the elevated platform. Moreover, MIKO-2.3 cables are sufficient length and small weight, thus you need to go up and down to the equipment only once, and not twice when measuring the resistance from the ground.
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