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All the cables enter through a steel gland plate. We checked for loose connections but could not find one. Could Eddy current be the cause of the current unbalance? The steel gland plate is quite hot. Guardiano

Thanks Cranky108. The current reading is OK as the cable drawing the higher current is hotter.

Hi, We are commissioning a 2000 k VA generator and the current on each phase is balanced. There are four single cores cables per phase but the current on each core is not balanced at all. The cables are run in trefoil. What could be the cause? Thanks Guardiano

Hi forum members, I understand that class X CT is always used for differential protection because you don't want the protection to work for external fault. I have seen some applications where 5P20 CT is used for differential protection. Does this compromise the installation? Any comment is...

Thanks Edison. See picture.

Hi, We have two 5 MW 6.6 k V wound motors driving a crusher in tandem. We have always been running the crusher with the two motors powered. Now because of load reduction, only one motor is powered and the powered electric motor drives both the load and the second motor. We noticed a very strange...

What about SF6?

Dear Forum Members, I understand that the only means to safely isolate a medium voltage circuit breaker is to take it out and padlocked it in the test position. What about fixed circuit breakers? Could the spring charged mechanism be used to safely isolate a fixed circuit breaker? A circuit...

Hi All, Some feedback. We took our time(10 days) and tightened the bolts incrementally. At 3420 Nm, there is now a 3 mm gap between the inner and outer rings and no more tightening is possible at this torque. The original shaft tolerances were (730-0.024)mm and (730 -0.072)mm. The new shaft was...

Hi All, We finally found the manual and the recommended torque is 3400 Nm. We already torqued to 3600 Nm but the outer and inner rings are still not aligned, see the picture in my initial post. There is a gap of about 30 mm between the outer and inner rings. The gearbox was removed because the...

Thanks All for the great posts. Dear Desertfox, I quote what you wrote. "Firstly I would check any maintenance manuals for the gearbox and see if that gives any torque figures and whether or not the bolts are lubricated prior to tightening, lubricating bolts will have a dramatic affect on the...

Dear Forum Members, I don't know if this is the right forum but I'm sure the gurus present would shed some light. We have a gearbox arrangement and the motor/gearbox assembly drives a shaft which itself drives a conveyor. The gearbox was removed for maintenance and now it has just been put into...

Hi Forum members, We experienced a stainless steel basket failure on one of our sugar centrifugal machine. The basket spins at a maximum speed of 1100 RPM. I am attaching a picture of the tear. Any reason for the root cause ? Thank you...

Dear Forum members, We noticed a strange phenomenon when we switched on a 5000 k VA 11 k V/ 690 V transformer on the grid. The grid was lightly loaded before switching and around 800 k W was imported.The grid metering showed export of some VA for a few seconds. Any explanation ? Thanks Guardiano

Dear Forum members, We are working on a preliminary phase of a project which will include a 10 MW alternator driven by a steam turbine. The turbine will operate only for six months of the year and power will be supplied through a diesel driven generator for the remaining six months of the year...