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Technical Specification: Compact System
Complete Cable Fault Locating System up to 80 kV, including 3-phase TDR

The Compact System is the result of field experience
and ingenuity to bring cable fault locating into a new
era. Many advanced features offer opportunities to the operator, which make fault locating easier, much safer, and bring up even the hard-to-find faults.
ARM - is the commonly used method cable fault pre-locating and was patented by HDWin 1980. An arc is created at the fault location, which enables the TDR to trace the short. Comparing this shorted trace with a
trace taken before the arc shows the fault location very easily.
ARM Plus - goes one step further. The pulse coming from the TDR has 1,000 V and gives a picture even with very difficult faults. Adouble surge coming from the Compact Systems thumper stabilizes the arc even
more.
Double Surge - provides extra energy to the thump in a second step in the ARM Plus mode. This way it is posiible to avoid big high-energy thumpers. The first thump is adjustable from 4 KV to 32 KV. Before this arc extinguishes, a second thump with 4 KV is put out to maintain the arc woth higher energy. Imagine now the TDR with 1,000 V and you can see why this method is
so successful in finding difficult faults.
Averaging Mode - smoothens traces that make a lot of noise by taking several measurements and averaging them. The final trace will be nice and even

 
   
Features: Compact System

  • An operator help guide is permanently displayed on screen
  • All operations are done from a detachable control, which includes the TDR
  • An automatic and thorough safety and test procedure check
  • Safety concept for best protection of the operator, equipment and cable
  • Test protocol can be printed out
  • Modular concept allows customized features. The entire unit is incorporated into a single housing
  • 2 kV as lowest voltage range permits precise control and safety
  • Surge pulse and voltage decay modes offer fault locating up to 80 kV
  • ARM arc reflection method features double surge
  • ARM Plus patented fault locating combines advantages of ARM and Decay modes
  • PC software for advanced filing
  • GIS integration possible
  • Small dimensions and weight
 Features: TDR

  • Precision measurements due to high dynamic range
  • 100 miles maximum range assures good identification of near and far faults
  • Big 10.4" color screen displays three traces simultaneously
  • Powerful TDR pulse up to 1,000 V
  • Double surge technology brings up faults without having to burn the cable
  • Easy operation due to an on-screen help window
  • 100 M Hz sampling rate
  • Clear and easy-to-use menus and keys
TDR Modes:
  • ARM - Arc Reflection Method standard fault locating mode
  • ARM Plus - patented double surge method using a 1,000 V TDR pulse
  • Surge Pulse - using the full energy of the thumper
  • Voltage Decay - using the full output voltage of the hipot up to 80 kV
  • Comparison up to 3 phases of the 10.4" colour display
  • Differential Mode - showing just the fault location
  • Average Mode - eliminating noise on the cable by averaging several traces
Specifications
Mode/Feature Method Standard System Option
Insulation Measurements     Megger BM 222 or similar up to 100 V through external port.
HV Testing DC-Testing 0 -4 kV,In 250 mA,Imax>550mA
0 -8 kV,In 100 mA,Imax>550mA
0 -16 kV,In 235 mA,Imax 390mA
0 -32 kV,In 15 mA,Imax 390mA
Automatic shut off at breakdown.
Protocol: recording and printout of current and voltage overtime. 		0-50kV,In 10 mA,Imax
200mA
0-80kV,In 3 mA,Imax
200mA
  VLF Testing   VLF 52 kV 0.1 Hz Cosine
Square Wave
Maximum capacity 5 F printout protocol
Pre-Location Pulse Reflection Measurement with Integrated Teleflex SI Mode: Direct,Difference, Comparison, Average Simultaneous display of all three phases in different colours Database Software
Winkis
  HV - Methods: ARM Plus Decay 4/8/16/32 kV 0 - 50/80 kV, Travelling wave location
Impulse Current 4/8/16/32 kV
Surge Impulse Decoupling
Burning 0 - 8 kV, >500 mA
0 - 8 kV, >290 mA		 25 a, DC 0 - 15 kV
Pinpointing Accoustical Distance Method with Surge Unit 4/8 kV, 1,200 J in each range
16/32 kV, 1,280 J in each range

Adjustable surge sequence
3 - 30 s 		2 kV, 1,200 J
4/8 kV, 2400 J in each range


16/32 kV, 2,2560
  Audio Frequency   AF Unit 40 or 200 controlled by the system
Frequencies: 480 Hz/1.09 k Hz/9.8 kHz
  AC- Sheath Fault pipointing with Pearson - Method   Digiloc - P for exact pinpointing
AF unit 40 or 200
Frequencies: 480 Hz/1.09 k Hz/9.8 k Hz


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