HV Diagnostics HVA60 High Voltage Tester

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Description
It is well known that DC testing of aged extruded cable such as XLPE and EPR is potentially damaging to the cable insulation causing premature failure of the cable under service conditions. Any form of DC testing has been found to be ineffective in detecting even serious faults in such cables. It is because of these limitations that International and National bodies such as CENELEC, VDE, SABS and the IEEE now recommend testing utilising low frequency AC test systems. VLF testing enables the cable test engineer to detect insulation defects before the cable fails in service.

Features

Lightweight portable unit.
Solid state air insulated design.
True sine wave low frequency output.
Suitable for VLF, DC and Jacket/sheath testing.
Fault conditioning capability.
Test result storage capability.
Full short circuit protection with arc management regulation.
Provides compliance with CENELEC, IEEE 400.2, VDE
0296 and other international standards.
Manual or fully automatic test sequence selection.
Real-time display of actual output waveform.

Applications
The HVA60 provides the testing and commissioning engineer with a versatile high voltage power source suitable for testing electrical plant including cables: XLPE, PE, EPR, PILC etc, capacitors, switchgear, transformers, rotating machines, insulators and bushings.

Product design
The HVA60 has a very advantageous power / weight ratio. At 59.8 kgs the HVA60 is one the lightest VLF test systems available today. Apart from the VLF output the HVA60 can also produce either polarity DC together with a cable sheath /jacket testing modes. The output test sequences, which are easily set by the operator, can be either set manual or fully automatic operation.

In the VLF mode the HVA60 will output 60kV peak into a 1μF at 0.1Hz. However, as the VLF frequency can be adjusted, loads of up to 5μF can be tested with an output frequency of 0.02Hz. The output VLF waveform is load independent and symmetrical thus avoiding destructive space charge effects caused by DC polarization. To further assist the operator the HVA60 will automatically calculate the optimum output frequency for larger loads. All test results are stored on a non-volatile memory for downloading to a PC for review and analysis.