Megger Brings Cable Fault Location to Your Door
Dallas, TX - To give users an opportunity to see innovative cable fault location (CFL) techniques at work in a live field environment, Megger is touring with five fully equipped CFL trailers throughout the eastern, western, central and south-western regions of the USA. The trailers will be visiting potential customers in market sectors that include IOUs, co-operatives, municipalities, industrial and service companies.
Commenting on the tours, Megger Application Specialist Scott Saniti, said, "We can demonstrate the equipment on the trailer or, if the customer prefers, we can use the equipment to find a real fault on a cable in the field. Either way, the customer gets to see the full potential of the latest CFL equipment."
The Megger CFL trailers used in the tours feature the very latest in cable fault location technology.
The new PFL20M1500 surge tester is capable of delivering energy surges of 1,500 joules at 16 kV, allowing the user to test a wide range of cables, including long cables and those with high intrinsic capacity. It can operate from 120 V or 240 V AC supplies, or from 12 V DC supplies, and it also features rugged IP54 weatherproof construction.
The powerful MTDR cable fault analyzer is built into the lid of the PFL20M1500, and supports all standard pre-location techniques, including time domain reflectometry, arc reflection, differential arc reflection and current impulse. The MTDR has a large bright screen that is easy to read, even in direct sunlight.
The MPP1000 pinpointer fitted to the trailers is an ideal choice for locating faults in shielded primary direct-buried cables. It combines all of the latest technologies in a single compact weather-resistant test set that provides users with fast, accurate fault detection.
The trailers also features a portable 70 kV DC test set which is not only useful for checking the quality of power cables, but also of motors, switchgear, insulators, transformers and capacitors.
By using the voltage gradient technique, the trailer's L1070 portable fault locator with ground return probe facilitates the detection of ground faults on unshielded electrical services, and also of sheath faults on telephone services.
The final major test set fitted to the trailers is an electromagnetic impulse detector designed to localize faults on buried cables. It is typically used on network systems to isolate faults between access chambers.
In the field, Megger's CFL trailers have already proved their worth not only as demonstration tools, but also under real working conditions. Recently, AEP Texas had an emergency situation in Corpus Christi. To minimize the risk of 900,000 consumers losing their electricity supply, Megger technical salesman Brad Perry immediately drove to the site with a CFL trailer to help with locating a fault on a lead cable.
Working with engineers from AEP Texas and Megger sales manager Tom Sandri, Brad successfully located the fault with the PFL20M1500 surge tester. "We worked until 2 am," said Brad, "and the customer was very pleased with the results we obtained and with the service we provided."
Detailed information about the dates and locations of visits being made by the Megger cable fault location trailers can be obtained by calling 214 330 3539.
For further information:
Elsa Cantu, Megger Limited
4271 Bronze Way, Dallas, Texas 75237-1019 USA
Tel: 1-800-723-2861 Fax: 1-214-331-7399
Email: elsa.cantu@megger.com
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