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Ground Connection Monitor 3

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nightfox1925

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Does anyone knows a device that monitors the continuity of the earth connection thus protecting the equipment from starting without the ground connection? This is for a MV VSD.

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Startco and Bender both manufacture ground circuit monitors.

 
The Startco relays you speak of are called neutral-grounding-resistor monitors. There is no mention of a grounding scheme here but... the SE-330-series monitor could be configured for a system with a solid ground (which is essentially a grounding resistor with a very, very small impedance).

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Thank you very much, the link was very useful.

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It just occurred to me that I may have misinterpreted your question nightfox1925. There are also a series of Startco ground-check monitors that may be applicable (SE-105, -107, -134C, -135). I was considering your inquiry more from a transformer-grounding perspective rather than a cable-grounding one.

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