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HV Power Customer Newsletter July 2010

In this issue:

RMS Active Burden Module – Improved security for digital inputs

> Active Burden Modules

> REG-D/DA training

> TCG 01-E GPS clock

> PQ-Box 100 update

> Staff Training

Photo - Warwick Beech

Commentary

Warwick Beech

Learning and putting into practice

A common HV Power theme is the need to keep ourselves up-to-date. As a supplier of advanced technologies, our staff need to be at the forefront of technology. So to keep abreast of the industry we partake in a wide variety of opportunities to learn, examples of which are documented in the main body of this newsletter. Much of the training is off shore which also gets our people mixing with like-minded power professionals in other countries, broadening our horizons (and of course tasting the local delicacies - including the beer)!

As new products are released, HV Power continues to invest our staff’s time in learning the nuances of the product and its application. We aim to, and achieve, being able to answer at least 95 % of all technical inquiries locally, avoiding the time delay to our customers that can occur if seeking answers offshore.

HV Power exhibited again at this year’s EEA’s annual conference, and we were very pleased to see the number of people taking part in this opportunity for the NZ industry to share information and enhance the general body of knowledge and skills.

Another great way to enhance skills is to use HV Power to provide your staff with appropriate training. In August we hold another of our REG-D/DA Advanced Training courses. We have also provided customised training courses and a design workshop to a number of customers (on their premises) this year, and have more of these scheduled. Contact us to learn how we can provide your staff with generic or product specific training.

Warwick Beech

Photo - RMS Active Burden Module ABM

To improve the operational reliability of digital inputs on some IEDs and RTU’s, RMS have released their Active Burden Modules (ABM’s). The ABMs are installed prior to the binary inputs on an IED to improve the electrical transient and noise immunity, reducing the possibility of nuisance/false activations or maloperation. The ABM’s work by providing a temporary increased burden to the input signal – to dampen out noise.

The ABMZ is a special version that provides a minimum voltage pick-up threshold. If you have IED’s with very sensitive or low voltage pick-ups or so-called universal range inputs, the ABMZ can be used to provide a definite voltage switching threshold level of 30V, 80V or 150V.

By installing the ABMZ at the IED/RTU inputs, you can ensure a guaranteed minimum voltage pick-up to your IED/RTU. This is ideal for IED/RTU’s where coupled/induced noise is causing false operations.

The ABM and ABMZ are available in a DIN rail mount enclosure. The ADM can also be supplied in a package that can be hung off the back of the relay terminals – ideal for retrofits!

Click for further details on Active Burden Modules.

REG-D/DA “ADVANCED” Training - August

Voltage Regulator Advanced Training

By popular demand, HV Power is holding another of our Advanced training courses for technicians working with REG-D/DA Voltage Regulators.

This course will provide experienced technical staff with advanced training on testing, commissioning and troubleshooting REG-D/DA regulators, reducing installation and commissioning time and ensuring full and effective commissioning of regulators.

This course will be held in Auckland on Friday 6th August. Click here for further information.

Feedback from attendees of previous courses has been very positive, and the training imparted will give your staff valuable skills and knowledge to aid transformer and voltage regulator commissioning!

For further details contact Vladimir on 09 304 1685 or vladimirb@hvpowerautomation.com

TCG 01-E GPS Clock with remote engineering access

Tekron TCG 01-E Ethernet equipped GPS clock

In last month’s newsletter we announced the details of Tekron’s new TCG 01-E clock with remote engineering access. This clock is now shipping.

For those familiar with the ubiquitous TCG 01, the TCG 01-E adds remote engineering access via an Ethernet UTP port, thus doing away with the DB9 RS-232 port for setup.

Note that the ordering procedure for TCG 01-E is slightly different to the TCG 01. The TCG 01-E base price does not include antenna or cable; these are additional line items. This makes it easy to order a TCG 01-E as a replacement for existing TCG 01 – where you plan to use the existing antenna and cabling!

Contact HV Power for price and availability or click here for further TCG 01-E information.

PQ-Box 100 Travel Case, Switchable Probes and Aux supply

PQ-Box 100 PQ Analyser Carry Case

For all new orders, the popular PQ Box-100 Power Quality Analyser will now be supplied in a plastic transportation container. This replaces the default black soft carry case.

Also available from HV Power is the “Pelican” case, rugged shipping container. Although the Pelican case is larger and heavier than the A.Eberle case, it’s ideal for where a very strong transportation container is required, such as when the PQ Box-100 is sent as unaccompanied freight via courier, or where watertight storage is required.

The existing 100 mA to 22A mini clamps (111.7002 [3 clamps] & 111.7003 [4 clamps]) are being replaced by switchable clamps (111.7015) with the range:

100 mA to 22 A
1 A to 200 A

The Auxiliary input (power supply) range for all new PQ-Box 100’s will now be 110-440 Vac or 220 Vdc. This new specification is to support the low voltage input protection now being included.

Going to CIGRE in Paris in August?

CIGRE Paris

Siemens will be conducting two interactive discussions with factory experts covering topics of:

Protection, automation and monitoring in modern grids
Optimal integration of bulk and distributed renewable generation

Contact HV Power for your personal invitation to the parallel sessions.

With more than 4400 attendees and (approx) 400 papers, CIGRE is the place for your professional development. If your role relates to planning and operation of power systems, design, construction, maintenance or disposal of HV equipment and plants, or resolving problems relating to protection of power systems, telecontrol, telecommunication equipment and information systems, then CIGRE is the place to be!

If you have not been to CIGRE and are wondering what it’s really like, give our Geoff Vaughan a call (09 304 1681).

To learn more about CIGRE and the Paris meeting click here.

HV Power staff training

HV Power Staff Training

In order to support our suppliers innovative and leading edge technology, HV Power staff are committed to supplier training. Recently HV Power staff have:

Undergone training on GarrettCom’s DX series of serial device routers, via webinars conducted by GarrettCom product managers.

Visited the RMS factory in Victoria, Australia to enhance our product knowledge and further develop relationships with this supplier.

Undertaken factory training in Germany on DEHN’s range of Lightning, Surge and Safety products, including training on DEHN lightning protection design software.

Visited Siemens Energy Division in Germany in preparation of new product releases in protection and substation automation products. (The future is very exciting!)

Spent two and half days with A.Eberle, including receiving factory training on new PQ-Box 100, WinPQ and PQI-DA features (Power Quality Training). Topics included IEC 61850 support for Power Quality devices. Warwick and Geoff were also introduced to A.Eberle’s range of earth fault location detection devices intended for use on compensated networks.

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