Dear Sir,

Greetings!

We all know that a Cable Network in any plant is like blood-vessels in our body. And at the onset of re-
starting of industries all across India, we’re bringing to you the finest technological evolution so far, in the
cable diagnostic domain.

As we all know, earlier cables were tested with simple DC Hipot and now we all know that, not only does
it damage/harm the insulation of the cable, it is now not recommended by IEEE and other international
bodies.

Then came the VLF technology of diagnosing the cable, which tests the cables at 0.01 to 0.1 Hz frequency
whereas our Power Frequency is 50 Hz. Over the years, researchers found the adverse effects of this
technology as well, following are the main disadvantages :

- Being a signal generated at very low frequency, it does not manifest actual power conditions at
50 Hz. Results obtained at VLF and at Power Frequencies cannot be correlated in almost all the
cases.
- High possibility of cable failures, especially old cables, during VLF testing. If the cables don’t fail
during VLF, it surely develops faults which in turn reduce the life of cable.
- Destructive technology
- This technology does not charge the cable in a homogenous manner.

As the above issues started cropping up, researchers and scientists started working on the technology
called Damped AC Technology of diagnosing the cables. The benefits of DAC are immense, most notably :

- It creates Power Frequency scenario while testing the Cables, hence, we can be sure of the
performance of Cables at Power Frequency.
- Almost no possibility of cable failures during test and does not stress the cable
- Non-destructive technology
- Globally accepted as the new standard of cable testing and diagnostics

Sr. Testing Methods

Description
No. Damped AC VLF

Possible Not in all cases

1 Manifest as per power frequency
IEEE 400.4 Clause 5.0 IEEE 400.2 Clause 5.0
Least Possible Possible
2 Destructivity IEEE 400.2 Clause 5 and Sub
IEEE 400.4 Clause 5.0
clauses
Immediate Cooling time required
3 Post Test taking system in service
IEEE 400, Table-11 IEEE 400, Table-11

4 Test Time for withstand Test for each phase 7 Min 30-60 Min
5 PD conformity as per IEC-60270 Good Bad
Please find attached herewith the following international documents and standards to corroborate the
above brief.

- Jicable-03 Paper C.8.2.8 : Application of Damped AC voltages for PD diagnosis of distribution

Power Cables
- Jicable-15 Paper C5.2 : Effective on-site testing and non-destructive diagnosis of new installed
and service aged (E) HV power cables up to 230 kV
- IEEE 400 – 2012
- IEEE 400.2-2004
- IEEE 400.4 - 2015

Apart from those points, various characteristics of the Diagnostics and Testing procedures are compared
as follows to understand the suitability.

From the above, we conclude that DAC is the latest technology and must be adopted to find out the
faults in cables in a non-destructive way.

Now, we’ll see which Companies manufacture such high-end technology and how do they differ.

Notably, there are 3 players who manufacture the DAC Systems. Onsite HV-Switzerland (the inventor of
DAC technology), OHV-Germany and Megger-UK. A detailed comparison chart is as below :

From the above, it’s clear that what pioneers of this technology offer, no one can. Due to the above facts,
we recently purchased a state-of-the-art 60 kV System from Onsite HV-Switzerland to cater to our
quality-centric and continuous-process-plant customers.

You’re most welcome to take the benefit of this latest technology, save your assets and plant from
breakdown, thus help the industry in maximising the revenue.

In case of any questions/queries, please contact us for more details.

Thanking you.
Sr.
Description System Data Explanation
No.

1 Manufacturer Onsite High voltage OHV Diagnostics Meggar SebaKMT -

2 System Type MV60 M60 TDS 60 -

3 Max Voltages (kV Peak) 60 60 60 -

4 Min Voltage (kV Peak) 2 No Data Available 3 As Lower As Better

5 Energising Current 12 mA No Data Available 5 mA As higher As faster measurement

IEEE 400.4 refers 20-500 Hz, more
6 Testing Frequency 20 - 800 Hz 20 - 1000 Hz 50 - 500 Hz
than 500 Hz physics changes
Maximum Capacity at lower
7 Cable Capacitance @ Vmax 10 µF No Data Available 2 µF
voltages
Based on Maximum capacity at
8 Max Cable Length 10 kM 8 kM 4 kM
maximum voltage
9 PD measuring Range 1 pC - 150 nC 5 pC - 100 nC 2 pC - 100 nC As wider the range as better
Direct PD Map After DAC
10 Live Image No Data Available Yes Makes interpretation easy
Excitation
Dielectric Loss
11 0.1 - 10 % Yes (Value Unavailable) No Data available Cable aging can be judged
Measurement
12 PD Detector Included in system - Extra (400 X 540 X 780) For wider diagnostics
Double ended PD
13 Upgradable No Not Possible Appreciative for longer cable
measurement
Possibility for Damping As per IEEE 400.4 and IEC 60060-3
14 Yes No No
factor measurement max level can be checked.
15 Weight 97 kg App 90 kg PD 31 kg + source 133 kg As lighter as Better

16 Height System 85 cm 89 cm PD 78 cm + source 110 cm As smaller as Better

17 Operating Temperature -25 - +65 DegreeC -10 - + 50 DegreeC -25 - + 55 DegreeC As wider as Better
 Manufacturer onsite high voltage Megger SebaKMT onsite high voltage Megger Seba KMT
System type MV40 TDS 40 MV60 TDS 60

Test voltages
1 max Voltage [kV] peak 40 40 60 60
2 min [kV] peak 1.5 3 2 3
3 energizing current 12 mA optional high power version (24
15 mA 7 mA 5 mA
mA) for extra long cables
4 DAC Frequency 20 .... 800 Hz **50 .. 500 Hz, ***50 .. 410 Hz 20 .... 800 Hz **50 .. 500 Hz, ***50 .. 475 Hz
5 cable capacity at max voltage 10 µF **4.8 µF. ***5.0 µF 5 µF 2 µF
6 max cable lenght at max. Voltage (cable 0.5 µF/km) 20 km *9.6, **10 km 10 km 4 km
7 max cable capacity @ [kV] 10 µF / 30 kV 10 µF 10 µF 10 µF
8 PD measuring range 1 pC .... 150 nC 2 pC .... 100 nC 1 pC .. 150 nC 2 pC .... 100 nC
9 Calibrator selectable Ranges 1 pC - 150 nC, (18 Ranges) 200 pC .... 20 nC (7 Ranges) 1 pC - 150 nC, (18 Ranges) 200 pC .... 20 nC (7 Ranges)
10 Fully automated WI-FI calibrator yes no yes no
11 Direct PD map after DAC exitation live image yes live image yes
12 Measures Damping Factor yes no yes no
13 Dielectric losses measurement 0.1 …. 10% no info in datasheet 0.1 …. 10% no info in datasheet
14 Single unit solution, (simple setup,
yes no, (3 parts), plus interconnect cables yes no, (3 parts), plus interconnect cables
no additional cabling)
15 Dimension PD detector included in system (w x d x h) 400 x 540 x 780 included in system (w x d x h) 400 x 540 x 780
16 Height System 65 cm PD 78 cm, Source 110 cm 85 cm PD 78 cm, Source 110 cm
17 Weight 65 kg PD 31 kg + Source 103 kg 97 kg PD 31 kg,Source 133 kg
18 Direct Manufacturer Remote
yes no yes no
Maintenance Interface
19 Simultaneous PD measurement on
both cable ends upgradeable not possible upgradeable not possible
(for longer cables)
20 Operating temperature -25 .... + 65 deg C -20 .... + 55 deg C -25 .... + 65 deg C -25 - + 55 deg C
21 tropical housing setup (option) yes no yes no
22 Power supply single phase 110-240V, 48-63Hz, single phase 230V, 50/60 Hz, 500VA single phase 110-240V, 48-63Hz, single phase 230V, 50/60 Hz, 500VA
550VA 120V, 60 Hz, 500 VA 550VA 120V, 60 Hz, 500 VA

** bro_TDS-NT_en_140509.pdf ** bro_TDS-NT_en_140509.pdf
*** brochure from China *** brochure from China

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