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Relayandcurrenttransformertestset
MRCT

Theneedforacomprehensivecurrenttransformertestingregimeisevident
whenthealternativeisconsidered:acatastrophicallydamagingcurrent
transformerfault.Afaultleadingtoanopensecondarycouldcausethe
primarycurrenttooverwhelmtheinsulation,causingthewindingtoshort
circuit.Meggersrangeofcurrenttransformertestequipmentallowsyouto
constructanindepthtestandmaintenanceprogrammetoprevent
problemsbeforetheyoccur.

Aroutineseriesofdiagnosticsandtestingforyourcurrenttransformer
shouldincludeCTsaturationtestingtoidentifythekneepointagainstIEEE
orIECstandards,CTratioteststoidentifythatthevoltageratioiswithin
expectedparametersandcurrenttransformerresistancetestingforboththe
transformerwindingsandCTinsulationresistancetesting.

Saturationtestingforacurrenttransformeridentiestheratedkneepoint
againstIEEEorIECstandards,thepointatwhichthetransformerisnolonger
abletooutputcurrentinproportiontoitsspeciedratio.

Ratiotestsundernormalloadareachievedbycomparingvoltageappliedto
thesecondarywindingagainsttheresultingvoltageproducedonthe
primarywinding.Currenttransformerresistancetestsinjecttestvoltageto
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measuretheDCcurrentandcalculatetheresistancewithallowancefor
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