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What safety practices should be followed during installation and maintenance of capacitors?
Standard safety practices should be followed during installation, inspection, and maintenance of capacitors. Additionally, there are procedures that are unique to capacitor banks that must be followed to protect field operators and equipment in accordance with the NESC – National Electrical Safety Code.
What is a visual inspection of a capacitor bank?
Visual inspection of the capacitor bank must be conducted for blown capacitor fuses, capacitor unit leaks, bulged cases, discolored cases, and ruptured cases.
How often should a substation and distribution capacitor bank be inspected?
The substation and distribution capacitor banks should be inspected and electrical measurements be made periodically. The frequency of the inspection should be determined by local conditions such as environmental factors and type of controller used to switch the capacitors on and off. 7. Visual Inspections
How to measure the capacitance of a capacitor?
Measure #1 – Verify proper mechanical assembly of the capacitor units, clearances as per the electrical code, and soundness of the structure of all capacitor banks. Measure #2 – It may be useful to measure the capacitance of the banks and keep the measurements as benchmark data for future comparison.
Why do I need a special test on unprotected capacitors?
Currently, a number of customers are requesting special tests on unprotected capacitors with extreme overvoltages and temperatures to prove safe capacitor per-formance. or their behavior in the event of a fault. perature) should be monitored within the application. 8.
How do I know if a capacitor is bad?
Check the capacity of the capacitors at the diferent steps. One indirect check may be to check that the consumption is manual. Check the tightness of all terminal connections. The connections must be tight. Check that the plastic parts are not blackened and do not show signs of burning or hardening. Check that the head is properly inserted.
