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DRAFT Powered by Safety ® Instruction Bulletin - 01.4IB.77020 PowlVac-ND® and PowlVac-NDA™ Series 4 Vacuum Circuit Breakers 5kV / 1200A & 2000A / 36kA & 50kA...
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PowlVac-ND® and PowlVac-NDA™ Series 4 01.4IB.77020 Vacuum Circuit Breakers Contact Information Powell Electrical Systems, Inc. powellind.com info@powellind.com Service Division 7232 Airport Blvd. Houston, Texas 77061 713.944.6900 phone 713.948.4569 fax Powered by Safety Powered by Safety ® ®...
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As stated in ANSI Z535.4-2007, the signal word is For the purposes of this manual, a qualified a word that calls attention to the safety sign and person, as stated in NFPA 70E®, is one who has designates a degree or level of hazard seriousness.
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2) Inspection and Cleaning ..............................44 B. M ............................. 45 echAnISM 1) Mechanical Operation .................................45 2) Lubrication ....................................45 3) Closing Spring Removal ...............................49 4) Slow Closing of Mechanism ..............................50 5) Mechanism Adjustments ..............................50 6) Electrical Operation ................................55 Powered by Safety ®...
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Table A Field Dielectric Test Values .................26 Table B Lubrication ......................46 Table C Timing .........................57 Table D Primary Resistance .....................57 Table E Primary Current Path ..................60 Table F Control Devices ....................61 Table G Miscellaneous Parts ...................63 Powered by Safety ®...
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Powell at 1.800.480.7273. NOTICE Powell reserves the right to discontinue and to change specifications at any time without incurring any obligation to incorporate new features in products previously sold. Powered by Safety ® General Information...
A. S cope WARNING This instruction bulletin is intended to assist Follow the appropriate safety precautions users in the design and safe operation of while handling any of the equipment. Failure these PowlVac-ND® and PowlVac-NDA™ circuit to do so may result in death or serious injury.
3. Wherever possible, visually verify that all Informational Note No. 1: See UL 61010-1, blades of the disconnecting devices are Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment fully open or that drawout-type circuit for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory breakers are withdrawn to the fully Use, Part 1: General Requirements, for disconnected position.
Furthermore, each user has the responsibility of establishing a safety program for each type of a.. Placement. Temporary protective equipment encountered. grounding equipment shall be placed...
CIRCUIT BREAKERS. 7. Interlocks are provided to ensure the proper operating sequences of the circuit breakers and for the safety of the user. If for any reason an interlock does not function as described, do not make any adjustments, modification, or deform the parts. DO NOT FORCE THE PARTS INTO POSITION.
(3’) from the front of the circuit breaker. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER SHALL BE EITHER FULLY OPEN, OR FULLY CLOSED WHEN MAKING HIGH POTENTIAL TESTS. DO NOT TEST WITH CONTACTS PARTIALLY OPEN. Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
(Figure 3, al). In rear of the circuit breaker frame prior to the same metal enclosed compartment as the installing the escutcheon. stored energy mechanism is the circuit breaker Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
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(Figure 4, ac). The spring charge indicator (Figure 3, o) will display that the mechanism is charged. Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
Circuit Breaker Open/Closed Indicator w. Lower Primary Disconnecting Device aj. Spring Yoke Secondary Disconnect Latch Frame ak. Contact Loading Spring Manual Close Operator Ground Connection al. Operating Pushrod m. Secondary Disconnect Receptacle Serial Number Plate Location Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
Motor Cutoff Cam Secondary Trip Prop Crank Pin ad. Close Bar Adjusting Screw Main Cam Roller Holding Pawl Adjusting Eccentric ae. Charging Motor Drive Shaft Reset Spring Crank Arm af. Motor Cutoff Switch Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
Figure 5 Cam and Fundamental Linkage Positions b) Breaker Closed - Spring Discharged a) Breaker Open - Spring Charged - Links Reset c) Breaker Open - Spring Discharged d) Breaker Closed - Spring Charged Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
Secondary Linkage Roller e. Main Cam Roller f. Reset Spring g. Camshaft h. Main Closing Cam Center Phase Operating Lever Jackshaft k. Primary Trip Prop Roller Primary Trip Prop Adjusting Screw m. Primary Trip Prop Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
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Further movement of the operating pushrod assembly compresses the contact loading spring even more and produces a gap between the face of the spring yoke and the lock nut. Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
SET UP ENERGIZED RELEASE CLOSE MAKES BREAKS BREAKS MAKES CONTROL SWITCH "CS/C" BREAKS WHITE LIGHT MOTOR "M" ENERGIZED DE-ENERGIZED "Y" COIL DE-ENERGIZED "Y" CONTACT BREAKS PREVENTS PUMPING IF VCB TRIPS BEFORE CONTROL SWITCH IS RELEASED Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
Figure 7. Circuit E. Racking Procedures for the breaker mounted auxiliary contacts not PowlVac-ND® Series 4 Circuit Breaker used in the control circuit are brought for more information. out for control and indication functions. Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
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• The circuit breaker cannot be racking crank arms are fully in the removed from the circuit breaker test/disconnected position. compartment with the circuit breaker closed or with the main closing spring charged. Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
Rotation of the racking crank arms will drive the circuit breaker into or out of the connected position. This action also operates the compartment shutters. Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
Upon initial insertion of the circuit breaker into the compartment, a position interlock prevents moving the circuit breaker from the disconnected position to the test position without the secondary disconnect inserted. Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
This blocks the operation of the emergency racking drive shaft, deterring any attempt to remove a closed circuit breaker from the compartment. Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
The ground connection system remains positions of the circuit breaker. engaged in all subsequent positions of the circuit breaker until the circuit breaker is removed from the compartment. Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
PowlVac-ND® Series 4 and PowlVac-NDA™ Series 4 circuit breakers see Table E, Primary Path. VACUUM INTERRUPTERS Current MUST BE REPLACED ONLY WITH NEW VACUUM INTERRUPTERS OF THE SAME PART NUMBER. Powered by Safety ® Equipment Description...
The circuit breaker can also be lifted by an overhead crane using the two lifting holes which have been provided for hooks at the top of the circuit breaker frame side sheets (Figure 11). Powered by Safety ® Installation...
Space heaters within the equipment should be energized, if so equipped. Humidity controlling desiccant materials should be utilized when space heaters are not provided or cannot be energized. The Powered by Safety ® Installation...
DC testing is not the preferred method, however, values are provided due to the availability of DC test CAUTION sets. Remove all grounding conductors applied for this test before placing the circuit breaker back into service. Powered by Safety ® Installation...
(Hipot) used to for circuit breaker with a rated maximum determine “High voltage insulation voltage of 4.76kV. integrity.” See Ch 4 Installation, D. Placing the Circuit Breaker Into Service, 1) High Voltage Insulation Integrity. Powered by Safety ® Installation...
DC leakage current. motor when the tests are complete. There is no significant correlation. CAUTION Remove all grounding conductors applied for this test before placing the circuit breaker back into service. Powered by Safety ® Installation...
Lift the handle until it is horizontal and then depress. The procedure is repeated until the spring charge indicator indicates “CLOSING SPRING CHARGED”. This requires about 60 operations of the handle. Once the closing spring is charged, remove the handle. Powered by Safety ® Installation...
Do not attempt to force the circuit minor or moderate injury. breaker past the compartment interference plate or remove the interference plates from either the compartment or the circuit breaker. Powered by Safety ® Installation...
To rack the circuit metal-clad switchgear rating. breaker into an upper circuit breaker compartment, refer to the metal-clad switchgear instruction bulletin for detailed information. Powered by Safety ® Installation...
These illustrations may not be representative breaker. of site specific safety practices for performing b. To insert the circuit breaker into the the procedure. Before attempting any racking lower circuit breaker compartment,...
Figure 12 Secondary Disconnect Device a. Racking Handle b. Racking Handle Socket a. Secondary Disconnect Latch b. Secondary Disconnect Receptacle c. Secondary Disconnect Plug d. Interlock Bar Powered by Safety ® Installation...
35 ft•lb. Should the operator continue “CONN” position. to apply force, the torque limiter will continue to operate with no further Note: This is the Test Position. buildup of torque on the circuit breaker racking mechanism. Powered by Safety ® Installation...
Removal of the secondary disconnect plug will trip a closed breaker and discharge the main closing spring. c. Press the anti-rollout latch downward to release the circuit breaker and pull the circuit breaker out of the circuit breaker compartment (Figure 14, Powered by Safety ® Installation...
Remove the incorrectly rated circuit breaker and insert a properly rated circuit breaker into the circuit breaker compartment. Powered by Safety ® Installation...
The PowlVac-NDA circuit These illustrations may not be representative breaker may also be manually racked of site specific safety practices for performing using the emergency override option the procedure. Before attempting any racking with the compartment door open.
“BREAKER OPEN” and if not, press the right side of the circuit breaker will manual trip operator to open the circuit engage the block in the compartment, breaker. preventing accidental removal of the circuit breaker from the compartment. Powered by Safety ® Installation...
If the automatic racking procedures. operator continues to apply force, a torque limiter on the racking handle will produce a sharp clicking sound indicating the torque limit is reached at Powered by Safety ® Installation...
Any damaged parts that will interfere with the normal operation of the circuit breaker should be replaced. This inspection will be much easier if the front cover and interphase barriers are removed. Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
For further details see Ch 4 Installation, lubricant. Tilting the circuit breaker will D. Placing the Circuit Breaker Into Service, enable the lubricant to cover the bearing 4) Mechanical Operation Check & surfaces. Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
Note: For all previous lubrication requirements Powlube-104 A-Grease replaces Anderol 757 and Rheolube 368A, B-Grease replaces Mobilgrease 28 and C-Oil replaces Mobil 1 and Anderol 456. Ch 5 Maintenance, B. Mechanism Area, 2) Lubrication for more details. Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
Pawl f. Crank Pin g. Ratchet Wheel h. Motor Drive Support Arm Shaft Roller Needle Bearings i. Pawls j. Close Latch k. Secondary l. Jackshaft m. Fundamental Shaft Face Disconnect Lever Pin Linkage Pin Receptacle Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
Motor Drive v. Wheel w. Motor Drive x. Camshaft Connection Shaft Coupling Shaft Support Needle Bearings Bearings ab. Racking Drive y. Close Shaft z. Motor Cutoff aa. Fundamental Shaft Extension Support Bearing Linkage (PowlVac-ND® Only) Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
Connecting Rod main closing spring assembly can be removed. Note: Care should be taken on reassembly to ensure correct location of the flat washer, lock washer and spacer. Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
5. While charging the main closing operate at full speed, keep all fingers springs, using the charging motor and toes out of the way, etc. to drive the mechanism, observe the ratcheting operation for improvement. Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
Primary Trip Prop Roller 2. Loosen the secondary trip prop c. Primary Trip Prop adjusting screw (Figure 21, c) locking d. Primary Trip Prop Adjusting Screw nut several full turns. e. Rivet f. Trip Bar Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
This process may take position the feeler gauge (Figure 20). several attempts. ii. If the circuit breaker did not TRIP during the test performed in step 11, reset the feeler gauges with 0.030” selected. Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
3. Loosen the two screws which secure the latch check switch and rotate the latch check switch about the pivot screw downward to the lowest position allowed. The latch check switch contacts are now OPEN. Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
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8. Reinstall the circuit breaker main 3 to 3½ full turns counterclockwise. closing spring. Retighten the locking nut holding the screw. 7. Repeat step 5. Then CLOSE and OPEN the circuit breaker to ensure proper operation. 8. Replace the escutcheon. Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
Open Position. This value is the Contact Wipe. Record and date this value in the Maintenance Log. It is the starting point for monitoring contact wear. a. Open Position Gap b. Bottom of Current Transfer Block c. Top of Operating Pin Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
Refer to Ch 4 Installation, D. Placing the Ch 4 Installation, D. Placing the Circuit Circuit Breaker Into Service for information on vacuum integrity and testing of vacuum Breaker Into Service. interrupters. Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
05PV50NDAX-4 2000 closed. Measure the voltage drop across the primary contacts and calculate 05PV36NDAM-4 1200 the resistance. The resistance should 05PV36NDAM-4 2000 not exceed the values provided in this 05PV50NDAM-4 1200 05PV50NDAM-4 2000 Powered by Safety ® Maintenance...
Before attempting any maintenance repair the catalog number. If the part is not in work, take note of the safety practices outlined any of the tables, a description should be Ch 2 Safety of this instruction bulletin.
Refer to service manual 01.4SM.1200 Charging Motor Assembly for replacement and installation procedures. 7) Anti-Pump Relay Assembly Refer to service manual 01.4SM.1000 Anti-Pump Relay Assembly for replacement and installation procedures. Powered by Safety ® Recommended Renewal Parts and Replacement Procedures...
6) For use with capacitor trip units with 240VAC input. Consult factory for other circuit breaker ratings. 7) All control devices are available with push-on terminals. Consult factory for control devices with screw terminals. Powered by Safety ® Recommended Renewal Parts and Replacement Procedures...
Control Devices a. Primary Shunt Trip Coil (3 cycle) b. Primary Shunt Trip Coil (5 cycle) c. Charging Motor Assembly d. Closing Coil Assembly e. Anti-Pump Relay f. Undervoltage Device Assembly Powered by Safety ® Recommended Renewal Parts and Replacement Procedures...
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