O&m manual for non-automatic transfer switches (30 – 1200 amperes) (28 pages)
Summary of Contents for Eaton Cooper Power NR Series
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COOPER POWER Power Capacitors SERIES Effective February 2016 MN230001EN Supersedes S230-60-8 October 2013 Type NR oil switch maintenance instructions NR Switch Family Manufactured in Greenwood, SC NR CP541000001 through CP541999999 NRV CP542000001 through CP542999999 Notice: This document is also applicable to product serial numbers beginning with the characters CP57.
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CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT SHALL NOT BECOME PART OF OR MODIFY ANY CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PARTIES. In no event will Eaton be responsible to the purchaser or user in contract, in tort (including negligence), strict liability or other- wise for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damage or loss whatsoever, including but not limited to damage or...
FOR LIFE FOR LIFE Eaton meets or exceeds all applicable industry standards relating to product safety in its Cooper Power™ series products. We actively promote safe practices in the use and maintenance of our products through our service literature, instructional training programs, and the continuous efforts of all Eaton employees involved in product design, manufacture, marketing, and service.
Introduction dry storage area. Service Information MN230001EN covers the maintenance instructions for Eaton's Cooper Power™ series Type NR electrically-operated, single-phase, oil switches. This Standards includes their general description, operating principles and Type NR oil switches are designed and tested in accordance instructions for periodic inspection and shop repairs.
Casting levels. In the absence of specific operating experience, Eaton recommends the switch be inspected and serviced every 1200 operations or three years, whichever comes first. In no case should the service interval, between...
13. Install new tank wall liners and fill the tank with clean, CAUTION new insulating oil to within one inch of the top of the tank flange. Oil capacity is approximately 1.5 gallons. Dielectric failure, equipment damage. Never use volatile solutions, detergents, or water-soluble cleaners when ote: Use only new, or like-new reconditioned transformer...
Manual operation Test 1: Proceed as follows: The switch may be manually opened and closed by operat- Close the switch. ing the yellow handle under the sleet hood. Ground switch tank and head. Manual operation does not affect the status of the ote: Apply proper test voltage to one of the bushing electrically operated actuator.
Shop repair procedures Aluminum Clamping The operations described in this section should be Ring performed under the cleanest conditions possible. The repair work, except for bushing replacement, will be simplified if the work bench is arranged so the mechanism/ head assembly can be inverted (bushings down). No special tools are required for any of the repair procedures.
Contact resistance* Standard: 750-875 mΩ Contact Retaining Screws Extra Creepage (17 inch): 875-1000 mΩ 20 kV (125 kV BIL): 845-945 mΩ Moving contacts Minor pitting can be smoothed with crocus cloth. If contacts show appreciable wear due to arc erosion, replace as Moving Contact follows: Remove the round head screws and lockwashers that...
Moving contact arm assembly Reassemble the new contact arm assembly, which includes the moving contact bar, to the contact box. To replace the moving contact arm assembly proceed as follows: Detach both opening springs from toggle link (Figure 8). Pull back latch lever assembly and remove C-ring which secures the toggle link to the bell crank lever.
With the mechanism closed, the moving contacts Operating Shaft Drive Lever should be within 1/16-inch of full engagement, as measured between the top edge of the moving contact insulator and the bottom edge of the contact box side plate as shown in Figure 10. To obtain this dimension, Elastic Stop Nut adjust the effective length of the insulated operating link by adjusting the attaching point for the contact...
Selector and holding switches To replace the selector switch, or holding switch if so equipped, proceed as follows: Heat the solder joint at the common terminal of the selector switch to disconnect black lead (Figure 12). Use a gun rated no higher than 100 watts and use only 50-50 or 40-60 rosin core solder for repair work.
Actuator assembly replacement Head mechanism The head mechanism requires no periodic maintenance. To replace the actuator assembly proceed as follows: Observe the following procedure when disassembling the Pull yellow handle down to open switch contacts. head mechanism: Remove elastic stop nut, lockwasher and flatwasher Remove the contact structure as described in "Shop from operating shaft.
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To replace the latch lever assembly: Remove screws that secure the shaft retainers to the head casting. Lift out the latch lever assembly. When reassembling, slip the latch lever torsion spring and latch lever onto the latch lever shaft. D. Screw the two shaft retainers to the head casting to secure the latch lever shaft.
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To assure correct receipt of any part order, always include only those parts and assemblies usually furnished for repair switch type and serial number. Because of Eaton's or involved in the maintenance procedures described in continuous improvement policy, there may be instances this manual.