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    Field wiring bypassing terminal blocks after incident ( Industrial Board in EU)

    Dear all, A newly commissioned cubicle had some terminals burn and cables melt on the LV supply (seemingly due to faulty connection at push-in terminals) The contractor simply cut back the damaged field cable and terminated the wires directly. In the case of the active, fitting it into a...
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    Substation Availability Factor (Industry trends)

    Greetings! I note most substation availability figures come in at around 98-99% QUESTIONS What would be typical Availability targets written into OM contracts for various substation types/uses? (primary interest in renewable energy substations both MV and HV) Bonus/Malus incentives - by my...
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    Concrete floor smoothness for racking trollies

    Dear all, To specify an MV substation floor that will have rack-in switchgear (requiring a trolley), is there a standard or some quantifying method I can use for how smooth the surface is to be described? Obviously I could write, "the floor surface shall be smooth" or "resin coating shall be...
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    MV Switchgear Layout & Nomenclature

    Thank you . You making the distinction between a pictorial and a single line diagram is valuable for me. Yes, there is a vertical line through H01 with bus as like you said. They have a broken grey line around each part of the switchgear that to me, made it somewhat pictorial and hence my...
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    MV Switchgear Layout & Nomenclature

    Dear all, I am working with a newly commissioned MV/HV windfarm transmission substation that, to me, has a rather strange and arguably dangerous panel nomenclature. I hope to have some opinions from both designers and those in O&M The SLD depicts a layout for panels H01 - H08 running...
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    Cowboy Coffee process optimisation

    dear coffee drinkers, Could you describe what process is in play when pouring cold water into a brew of coffee forces the grounds to the bottom of the pot? Does ph have any effect on the process? I wish to perfect this method through experimentation so if you have any tips.... (this is serious...
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    electrical design/drafting industry trends.

    greetings all, I am quite new to electrical drafting so I have a few questions and if you are kind enough to give an opinion, please indicate what country you are form so that I may know whether you are IEC or ANSI. I believe schematic diagrams are made for those who must fault find and wiring...
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    tertiary windings

    thankyou waross and prc. regards tintin75
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    tertiary windings

    when I say start and finish I think I might be talking about an 'inner' and 'outer' I hope that makes more sense.cheers
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    tertiary windings

    I just wanted to know why the manufacturer (on the B phase tertiary winding) has swapped the start and finish of the winding (compared with A and C) apologies if the question hasn't been phrased well but when I asked those more knowledgable than myself I was given the reply 'sometimes they do...

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