Hi, I have an installation of 132kV XLPE single core copper conductor, with copper armouring (attached photo). These cables were in trefoil formation, tied/fasten with polymer rope (likely nylon). At some of these ties, the rope had "eaten" into the outer sheath, where I could see the...
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I came across a CO2 fire suppression system, which had been claimed to have been activated after a small fire inside an electrical room.
1. The pressure gauge for...
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I have an arc-flash incident, with known presence of coal dust accumulation and high humidity environment in the electrical room.
From my current readings, I note that some coal type are conductive and some are not. I am looking for...
Hi all, is it possible to have bushing power factor test result to be more than 1 (one). Is this measurement different from the typical power factor for power system (unity = 1.0)?
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I am looking for any references comparing the quality of PVC-insulated cable made (say) 40-45 years ago vs today.
Is there any improvement(s) in terms of materials composition, or the quality in general, for PVC-insulated cable, made 45 years ago versus the same type of cable made...
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I have a case where a small fire had occurred at a wall switch for lightings in one office space. My electrician suspected too much loads routed to one single wall switch, up to 12 fluorescent lights (28Watt each), and that the norm is maximum 10 lights per switch.
Please share some...
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I came across with a small fire incident within an old building (said to be 40-50 years old) at the incoming LV power supply cabinet. I noticed that there were signs of arcing on the cable trunking (at the bend section) housing the power cables into the cabinet. The cable trunking...
How true is that a metal/aluminium type enclosure capacitor is more rugged as compared to a plastic can/enclosure, generally? I cannot find any reference on the Internet.
Thanks in advance.
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I have a motor which drives a coal crusher. Is there a way to determine whether it is a uni-directional or bi-directional motor? I currently only have its rating, specification plate.
I have been trying to look for the information online, but only managed to get the catalouge of the...
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I have attended a generator failure in a diesel driven power plant. According to the plant, there had been multiple tries to sync this particular Gen to the grid. After replacing a few electronics component, the Gen still...
