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Reach Compliance with AS/NZS 61439 by Partnering with Insulect

LV Switchboard Builders are experiencing a period of change with the release of a new AS/NZS standard impacting compliance of their ...
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Healthy Transformers Live Longer and Cost Less to Manage

Due to the unchanging design fundamentals of transformers, these asset often remain viable parts of a network for many decades. When looked ...
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Which transformer oils are compatible with MIDEL ester fluids?

ANSWER: Miscible: Mineral oil, high temperature hydrocarbon oil Not miscible: Silicone oil Miscibility is an indication of the ...
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Utility reduces risk of explosions in CTs

A protection scheme to prevent explosions of current transformers (CT) has been developed by the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC). ...
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Introduction to Transformer Oil Level Gauges

Oil level indicators are essential transformer equipment Transformer oil level indicators - also known as liquid level indicators or OLIs ...
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Transformer DGA: Traditional versus Enhanced Diagnostics

In the last several decades, there has been a notable change in the way transformers are viewed. Their importance together with their ...
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Generation Monitoring: Grid Events & Regulatory Reporting

Previously, Insulect has written about a variety of individual power plant monitoring applications, including Fault and Disturbance, Power ...
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Video: Active moisture prevention with the SDB

Comem's Self Dehydrating Breather (SDB) uses a dual tank design which can perform drying and regeneration simultaneously. In this ...
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Fault Location: Four Devices Go Head-to-Head

A major Asian transmission utility invited four companies to demonstrate the capabilities of their travelling wave fault location systems. ...
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How do monitoring systems improve high-voltage maintenance?

Monitoring systems are transforming how high-voltage electrical infrastructure is maintained by making it more predictive, targeted, safer, ...
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