Condition based maintenance (CBM) is a maintenance strategy that monitors the

actual condition. It also decide what maintenance needs to be done. Maintenance of an overhead
line consists not only in restoring supply immediately after an interruption, but also involves
predicting, detecting, removing and replacing faulty components. The maintenance routine will
prevent the development of faults or long-term outages.

In Malaysia tnb has practiced for MVBOH system, that is consist of two type that is
ground level cbm and aerial cbm. For the ground level there are 3 equipment that is being used.
The method is thermal imaging, ultrasound detection and visual inspection using binoculars.

The standard action is taken when the USD is signal is above 1 db. The colour of the
certain temperature shows the level from low to high level. It call severity index. They also used
infrared thermography method also can be used that has been proposed by the International
Testing Association (NETA). This has severity of equipment’s temperature difference ΔT based
on both ambient temperature and for the similar equipment under the same loading condition.
The colour code for blue is low, for green is minor, for yellow is serius but can be complished by
monitor the corrective and red is critical need to repair immediately.

Aerial CBM is usually carried out using helicopters because For MVBOH are difficult to
access through normal vehicles. This is for high cabel. The voltage supply from this cable is
33kV/22kV/11kV, depending on the load demand
DISCUSSION

In many country there has their on monitoring level. Its depend on the load demand.
Basically Malaysia technology sometime uses from United Kingdom technology. The CBM is
very important for based maintenance it helps to reduce the danger.

Some the CBM is used ultrasound for the part that can be reach, for the part that cannot
be reach its used aerial CBM. Infrared thermography also is being used for more detail it is based
on the temperature. The medium switchgear this device is use to centralized the control and
protection of medium voltage power equipment and circuit in commercial, utility installation(
motor, feeder circuit, transmission and distribution lines). The range of voltage for medium
voltage switchgear is from 3kV to 36kV. This example used in Finland.

CONCLUSION

From this assignment we can study the used of CBM from other country and also

in Malaysia. All the technology being used has is regulated laws. For earthing system method is

where there are resistor between the neutral point to the earth. This resistor is use to dampens

overvoltage of internal origin in that limiting current. This method also does not require

equipment or any particular cables because it has special earth insulator level. From this result

we knew that the maintenance very important to avoid the high voltage explosion and also long

term usage for better voltage supply for consumer.