Fusing Equipment

Electrical Apparatus

Isolation Link 240-47

GENERAL
Cooper Power Systems isolation links
provide extra protection during refusing
and switching operations when used in
series with a Bay-O-Net type fuse or
MagneX Interrupter.
Isolation links are not fuses and do not
have an interrupting rating. During a
transformer failure, the isolation link will
melt so that the opened primary circuit
of a faulted transformer cannot be
re-energized by the line crew.
APPLICATIONS
Bay-O-Net Assemblies
Isolation links are used in series with
Cooper Power Systems Bay-O-Net
type expulsion fuses to provide extra
protection during re-fusing operations. Figure 1.
They are coordinated to operate at Isolation Link mounted on a Bay-O-Net fuse assembly.
high current levels that are typical of a
transformer failure.
Table 2 to cross-reference the TABLE 2
MagneX Interrupter appropriate element. Isolation Link - MagneX Correlation
Chart
Isolation links are also used in series TABLE 1
Fuse Combinations Sensor Number Isolation Link
with the Cooper Power Systems E01 3637803B01
MagneX Interrupter to provide extra Bay-O-Net Fuse Isolation Link
E03 3637803B08
protection during switching operations. Current Sensing Fuses
E06 3637803B02
The MagneX isolation link has arc 4000353C04 3001861A01M
E10 3637803B09
shortening tabs to reduce the arc 4000353C06 3001861A02M
E12 3637803B10
length and thus reduce the I2t energy 4000353C08 3001861A02M
E18 3637803B03
released during operation. They are 4000353C10 3001861A03M
E25 3637803B03
coordinated to operate at high current 4000353C12 3001861A03M
E30 3637803B05
levels that are typical of a transformer 4000353C14 3001861A05M
E40 3637803B05
failure. 4000353C16 3001861A05M
E50 3637803B05
4000353C17 3001861A05M
INSTALLATION Dual Sensing Fuses
No special tools are required. Isolation 4000358C03 3001861A01M
links are bolted onto Bay-O-Net fuse 4000358C05 3001861A02M
assemblies or MagneX Interrupters in 4000358C08 3001861A03M
series between the primary transformer 4000358C10 3001861A05M
bushing and primary coil. Refer to 4000358C12 3001861A06M
Installation Instruction Sheet S240- 4000358C14 3001861A07M
40-2, Bay-O-Net, and S240-34-1, 4000358C16CB 3001861A07M
MagneX Interrupter, for details. 4000358C18CB 3001861A07M
Dual Element Fuses
ORDERING INFORMATION 4038108C03 3001861A01M
To order Cooper Power Systems 4038108C04 3001861A01M
Isolation Link, first refer to Sections 4038108C05 3001861A02M
240-45 (current sensing) 240-46 (dual 4038108C06 3001861A02M
sensing), 240-48 (dual element) or 4038108C07 3001861A02M
240-49 (high ampere overload) for 4038108C09 3001861A03M
details on corresponding Cooper 4038108C11 3001861A03M
Power Systems Bay-O-Net fuse or 4038108C12 3001861A03M
Section 240-34 for details on MagneX 4038108C14 3001861A05M
Interrupter elements. For the fuse High Ampere Overload Fuses
elements, use Table 1 to cross 4038361C03CB 3001861A05M
reference the isolation link required. For 4038361C04CB 3001861A05M
the MagneX Interrupter elements, use 4038361C05CB 3001861A06M

May 2010 • Supersedes 2/96 1

Features and Detailed Description

ISOLATION LINK
3.1" 2.5" Isolation Link
(79 mm) (64 mm) coordinated to melt
on transformer
faults.
BRACKET
High temperature
thermoplastic
withstands
transformer
operating
temperatures.

0.91" 0.63"
0.44" (23 mm) (16 mm)
(11 mm)
1.3"
(33 mm)

Figure 2.
Dimensional information of isolation links for Bay-O-Net fuses.
NOTE: Dimensions given are for reference only.

ISOLATION LINK ELEMENT

(2 DIFFERENT ELEMENT SHAPES POSSIBLE) ARC SHORTENING TABS
2.5"
(64 mm)

.83"
(21 mm)

1.3"
(33 mm)

3.1"
(79 mm)

Figure 3.
Dimensional information of isolation links for MagneX applications.
NOTE: Dimensions given are for reference only.

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