Maintenance

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REB500 Periodical Maintenance General

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REB500 includes continuous and comprehensive selfsupervision and diagnosis of the software and hardware
components. Since it is in the software that the protection
functions are computed, they do not require any periodic
maintenance (details are are given in Section 8.4. Periodic
Maintenance).

The protection equipment, however, is only part of the overall
protection system, we recommend periodically checking all the
parts that are not automatically supervised (details of the
selfsupervision routines are given in Section 3.6. Selfsupervision).

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REB500 Periodical Maintenance General

The following components must be tested periodically:

all external circuits (e.g. tripping, BFP starting, CT and VT, etc.)

all external switching devices (circuit-breakers and isolators)

all REB500 tripping and signaling contacts

all REB500 opto-coupler inputs

all REB500 analog inputs

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the local HMI

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REB500 Maintenance Examples

Conditions

The isolator image auxiliary supply must not be switched off for
certain checks.

The feeder must not be grounded for certain checks.

The maintenance procedure must be gone through step by step.

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The feeder is isolated from the busbars during the test and
therefore cannot conduct power.

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REB500 Maintenance check on a feeder CB

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Steps of the feeder maintenance procedure

1.

Isolate Feeder

2.

Check the analog input

circuits.

3.

Check the output circuit using

the HMI500 test generator.

4.

Check the input signals from

the circuit-breaker. Check that
the breaker failure protection
starts.

5.

Check the input signals of

Isolator Image.

6.

Recommissioning the bay

7.

Check Load Currents.

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REB500 Maintenance check on a Bus-Tie CB

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Steps of the feeder maintenance procedure

1.

Isolate Bus-Tie Breaker

2.

Check the analog input

circuits.

3.

Check the output circuit using

the HMI500 test generator.

4.

Check the input signals from

the circuit-breaker. Check that
the breaker failure protection
starts..

5.

Recommissioning the bay

6.

Check Load Currents.

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