Arc Resistant
Arc Resistant
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Hi
We are asked to give a third party opinion as a consulting engineerg in terms of buying a Arc resistant or Arc arrestor 5KV switchgear.
I beleive Arc Arrestor is not the right world, It should be Arc illuminator, I think it is a technology patented by ABB.
I am a small fish so don't have much exp. with switchgear.
What I know is that Europe is way far in power tech than North America and they have been using this ABB tech., which uses a fiber optic cable to trip a upstream breaker when a fault occurs and these breakers are not regular 5 cycle breakers. They are special less than half cycle breakers.
Now how to decide which one any body should buy,
both Arc resistant(type A B or C) + Arc illuminator
or only Arc resistant or only Arc illuminator.
This is all I know and I might be wrong. I would appreciate comments, who have exposure to this area.
Regards,
We are asked to give a third party opinion as a consulting engineerg in terms of buying a Arc resistant or Arc arrestor 5KV switchgear.
I beleive Arc Arrestor is not the right world, It should be Arc illuminator, I think it is a technology patented by ABB.
I am a small fish so don't have much exp. with switchgear.
What I know is that Europe is way far in power tech than North America and they have been using this ABB tech., which uses a fiber optic cable to trip a upstream breaker when a fault occurs and these breakers are not regular 5 cycle breakers. They are special less than half cycle breakers.
Now how to decide which one any body should buy,
both Arc resistant(type A B or C) + Arc illuminator
or only Arc resistant or only Arc illuminator.
This is all I know and I might be wrong. I would appreciate comments, who have exposure to this area.
Regards,






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The ABB technology described senses an arcing fault and turns off the power, works just as well with the door open as with it closed, just don't take flash photos around an active system.
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