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Vanguard Instruments Company CT-6500 Operating Instructions Manual (69 pages)

Digital Circuit Breaker Analyzer

Brand: Vanguard Instruments Company | Category: Measuring Instruments | Size: 3.23 MB

Table of Contents
3
Introduction
8
CT-6500 Description
8
Contact Timing Channels
9
Analog Voltage Monitoring Channel
9
Digital Voltage Monitoring Channel
9
Trip/Close Current Monitoring
9
Travel Transducer Input Channels
9
Breaker Initiate Capability
9
Built-In Thermal Printer
9
Computer Interface Capabilities
9
Timing Shots Storage Capabilities
10
Diagnostic Capabilities
10
CT-6500 Display and Control Switches
10
Test Result Tabulation
10
Electrical Measurement Results
10
Mechanical Measurement Results
11
Analog Voltage Input Results
11
Digital Voltage Input Results
11
Initiate Current Results
11
Slow-Close Test Results
12
Test Result Graphics
12
Thermal Printer Graphic Printout
12
CT-6500 Controls and Display
12
Figure 1.0 CT-6500 Control Panel
12
Table 1.0 CT-6500 Controls and Displays
13
CT-6500 Analyzer Specifications
14
CT-6500 Special Features
15
CT-6500 Supplied Cables
15
Table 2.0 CT-6500 Cable Set
15
CT-6500 Operating Voltages
16
CT-6500 Main Power Fuse
16
CT-6500 Printer and Printer Paper
16
Table 3.0 Voltage Selection Jumper Setting
16
CT-6500 Printer Paper Control
17
Replacing CT-6500 Thermal Paper
17
CT-6500 LCD Contrast Control
17
Test Hook-Up Connections
18
Contact Cable Hookup
18
Figure 2.0 Contact Cable Connection
18
Figure 3.0 Series Contact Cable Connection
19
Initiate Cable Hookup
20
Figure 4.0 DC Trip and DC Close, Initiate Circuit Cable Hook-Up
20
Figure 5.0 DC Trip and AC Close, Initiate Circuit Cable Hook-Up
20
Analog Voltage Monitor Hookup
21
Digital Voltage Monitor Hookup
21
Figure 6.0 Voltage Monitoring Cable Hook-Up
21
External Trigger Input
22
Figure 7.0 External Trigger Cable Hook-Up
22
Transducer Connection
23
Figure 8.0 Transducer Connection
23
Operating Procedures
24
Figure 9.0 CT-6500 Operating Steps
24
Timing a Circuit Breaker
25
Timing an OPEN Operation with no Insertion Resistors
26
Table 4.0 Open Operation with no Insertion Resistors
26
Timing an OPEN Operation with Insertion Resistors
27
Table 5.0 Open Operation with Insertion Resistor
27
Timing CLOSE-OPEN Operation Using Contact Channel #1
28
Table 6.0 Close-Open Operation Using Contact Channel #1
29
Timing OPEN-CLOSE-OPEN Operation
30
Table 7.0 Open-Close-Open Operation Using Delay
30
Get Tabulated Timing Results Using the Thermal Printer
31
Table 8.0 Get Tabulated Results
31
Figure 10.0 Typical Tabulated Printout of an Open Operation from the Thermal Printer
32
Tabulated Results Interpretation
33
Get Graphic Timing Results Using the Thermal Printer
34
Table 9.0 Plot Chart and Tabulated Report
34
Figure 11.0 Typical Graphic Result from the Thermal Printer
35
Figure 12.0 Expansion Graph from 0 to 200Ms from the Thermal Printer
36
Figure 13.0 Graphical Interpretation of an Open Timing Shot
37
Figure 14.0 Graphical Interpretation of a Close Timing Shot
37
Figure 15.0 Graphical Interpretations of an Open-Close and a Close-Open Timing Shots
38
Save Timing Shots in the EEPROM
39
Table 10.0 Save Timing Shot in EEPROM
39
Printing Timing Shot Directory Stored in the EEPROM
40
Table 11.0 Print Timing Shot Directory
40
Figure 16.0 Printout of the Timing Shot Directory from the Thermal Printer
41
Recalling a Timing Shot
42
Table 12.0 Recalling a Timing Shot
42
Deleting a Timing Shot
43
Table 13.0 Deleting a Timing Shot
43
Shot Description
44
Table 14.0 Entering Shot Identification Header
44
Computer Interface
46
Table 15.0 Selecting or Aborting Computer Control
46
Breaker Travel Analysis
47
Breaker Stroke
47
Breaker Over-Travel Distance
47
Breaker Bounce-Back Distance
47
Contact Wipe
47
Breaker Velocity
47
Analysis Point Selections
47
Analysis Point No.1 (AP1)
48
Analysis Point No. 2 (AP2)
48
Set-Up Open Analysis Points
50
Table 16.0 Setting up "OPEN" Analysis Points Using Distance
50
English/Metric or Rotary Transducer Selection
52
Table 17.0 Select Metric Units of Measure
52
Table 17.1 Select Rotary Transducer
52
Set CT-6500 Internal Clock
53
Table 18.0 Setting the Clock and Calendar
53
Slow-Close Test
54
Table 19.0 Performing a Slow-Close Test
54
Transducer Self-Test
55
Figure 17.0 Typical Slow-Close Test Report
55
Table 20.0 Performing a Transducer Self Test
55
Check Cable Hookup
56
Table 21.0 Checking the Cable Hookup
56
Automatic Print Setting
57
Table 22.0 Automatic Print Setting
57
CT-6500 Channel Configuration
58
Table 23.0 Channel Configuration
58
Running CT-6500 in Tandem
59
CT-6500 Trouble Shooting Guide
60
APPENDIX A ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14.4K Timing Chart
62
APPENDIX B CLOSE-OPEN Timing Chart for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14.4K
63
APPENDIX C CLOSE-OPEN Tabulated Report for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14.4K
64
APPENDIX D OPEN-CLOSE Timing Chart for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14.4K
65
APPENDIX E OPEN-CLOSE Tabulated Report for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14.4K
66
APPENDIX F CT-6500 Transducer Illustration
67

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