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Schneider Electric introduced the 26-inch Wide Draw-Out Breaker Retrofill Solution for 5-kilovolt (kV) vacuum switchgear applications. This innovative smaller cell provides a cost-effective solution to address switchgear applications with space restrictions.
In today’s electrical environment, engineers and designers face growing space challenges and ongoing pressure to reduce the size of installed electrical equipment and increase space. Previously, as electrical engineers looked to modernize electrical components, non-standard switchgear applications required modification of the existing switchgear lineup, which is costly, inefficient and can require a longer business outage. The new 26-inch Wide Retrofill Solution can be applied in any 5kV application, up to 2,000 amps/350 mega volt amps (MVA), without the need to replace or change the switchgear lineup. Using this retrofill solution, customers can more rapidly and efficiently upgrade existing electrical equipment without facing the high cost or lengthy downtime of traditional equipment replacement.
“Modernizing electrical equipment is important not only for electrical reliability and safety, but for meeting new constrained space requirements,” says John Blaylock, senior operations director of Schneider Electric’s U.S. Services Division. “With this new retrofill solution, electrical personnel can upgrade and consolidate existing equipment to meet the latest IEEE safety standards without incurring the costly downtime or capital expenditures typical of equipment replacement, custom or otherwise.”
Fully tested to IEEE C37.59, the 26-inch Wide Retrofill Solution works with Schneider Electric’s standard VR remote racking system for added safety in switchgear operation. While there is no need for a mechanical-operated cell switch, the solution does include a truck operated cell switch, which is wired through a secondary contact and requires less maintenance. The solution is also available with six current transformers (CTs) mounted in the breaker compartment and an optional breaker cart.
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posted: 7/22/2016
