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Open Distribution Cutout - Type L (Replaces K-SEC 041) 327-30

DESCRIPTION
The Cooper Power Systems Kearney™
Type L interchangeable open
distribution cutout provides reliable
overcurrent protection for primary
distribution systems. Overcurrent
protection safeguards an electric
system from excessive currents
produced by abnormal conditions
such as line faults, line or equipment
overloads, or equipment failures.
Type L cutouts are ruggedly
constructed and will provide full range
overcurrent protection from minimum
melt of a given fuse link to the
maximum nameplate current rating.
Type L cutouts are available in either
of the two voltage ratings, 15 kV and
27 kV, and as standard creepage or
with an extra creepage unit to meet
the user’s needs. The cutouts are
available with a 100 A or 200 A fuse-
holder or with a 300 A disconnect
blade.

INTERCHANGEABILITY
The key to the Type L cutout design
is fuseholder interchangeability.
Type L cutouts eliminate the need
to stock fuseholders for each type
of manufacturer’s cutout supplied.
They are designed for fuseholder
interchangeability with S & C Electric
Co. Type XS cutouts, A. B. Chance
Co. Type C cutouts and ABB Type
ICX cutouts.
Fuseholder interchangeability
reduces the time required to re-
fuse a cutout during an outage by
eliminating the need to determine
which manufacturer’s cutout is on
the pole. Re-fusing of the spare
fuseholder can be done even before
the troubleman leaves the truck.
Interchangeability also significantly
reduces inventory.
DESIGN FEATURES
The Type L cutout is designed with
a solid core, birdproof, one piece
porcelain frame with uniform shed
configuration. Sulfur cemented
studs provide improved strength
and prevent stud corrosion. An extra
creepage unit is available for highly
contaminated environments.
Figure 1.
Type L Open Distribution Cutout with 100 A fuseholder.
The fuseholder is constructed of an Silver-to-silver top contacts are again
epoxy impregnated glass filament used to minimize contact resistance.
wound tube utilizing arc quenching The Type L design develops high
materials. A large bronze cast pull contact pressure to assure excellent
ring is utilized for ease of installation contact for operating currents and
and re-fusing. The bronze trunnion, until fault interruption is completed.
with lifting ring having both front and A stainless steel sleethood provides
side accessibility, is silver plated for improved protection of the line
minimum contact resistance. The contacts from icing.
grooved flipper assembly controls
Loadbreak hooks, for use with a
link tension, assures low fault current
loadbreak tool, are standard and
interruption and prevents link
serve as a “close-in” guide to assure
breakage on “close-in.”
positive make.
The cast bronze lower contact Conductive lubricant is applied to
assembly has deep pockets for all contact points. All hardware is
the trunnion to pivot to minimize designed to interlock during assembly
accidental fuse removal. The rugged to assure correct alignment. The
design with wide opening means rugged design assures smooth
easy fuseholder installation and operation and long life.
removal. The lower contact assembly
utilizes stainless steel backup
springs and silver-to-silver contacts
to minimize contact resistance and
assure excellent continuous contact
throughout the life of the cutout. The
contacts are designed to carry 300 A
continuous.

July 2006 • Replaces K-SEC 041 05/00) 1

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Open Distribution Cutout - Type L (Replaces K-SEC 041)

APPLICATION FUSEHOLDERS AND 300 A Disconnect Blade

Proper cutout application requires BLADES The Type L 300 A disconnect blades
several major system considerations: 100 A Fuseholder (refer to Figure 3) are constructed
system operating voltage, insulation of a high conductivity copper tube.
level, type of system grounding, The Type L cutouts accommodate The 100 A fuse caps are threaded
maximum available fault current the standard EEI-NEMA universal directly onto the copper tube,
cutout may be subjected to and type fuse links. To obtain a higher reducing the number of current
anticipated maximum continuous interrupting rating, an arc shortening interchanges on the blade to only
load current. rod is used. The arc shortening two.
rod is made of silver-plated,
The Type L cutout voltage rating is high conductivity copper and
the maximum design voltage of the is mechanically attached to the
cutout. It can be applied, without fuse cap. Removable buttonhead
restrictions, on any three-phase fuse links must be used with arc
system that has system line-to-line shortening rods.
voltage less than or equal to the
cutout rating. Type L cutouts can 200 A Fuseholder
also be applied on single-phase-to-
neutral circuits or three-phase solidly All 200 A fuseholders (refer to Figure
grounded wye connected circuits 2) have a unique design in which the
where the maximum recovery voltage internal arcing distance is minimized
does not exceed the cutout rating. by an extended cap design. The
200 A fuse cap does not utilize an
The Basic Impulse Insulation arc shortening rod allowing the use
Level (BIL) of a cutout should be of fuse links with non-removable or
coordinated with the insulation removable buttonheads.
of other connected apparatus.
The interrupting rating of a cutout The large hexagonal cap can be
should be greater than or equal to easily tightened by hand or with a
the maximum available system fault wrench. Its unique design easily Figure 3.
current. The cutout selected should identifies it as a 200 A fuse cap. 300 A disconnect blade.
have a continuous current rating
sufficient to handle the expected load.
The 100 A rated fuseholder accepts
fuse links from 1 to 100 A. The 200 A
fuseholder will accept fuse links from
140 to 200 A.
For areas with a high probability of
lightning, a Cooper Power Systems’
Dual Element Link (D-Link) can be
used in the Type L open cutout. The
cutout-mounted D-Link provides a
high surge withstand capability which
reduces the probability of damage to
the link as a result of lightning surges,
and thus reduces nuisance fuse
blowing. These D-Link characteristics
make it possible to place the primary
arrester on the transformer tank,
eliminating excess lead lengths, thus, Figure 2.
providing the best surge protection 200 A fuseholder.
possible to the transformer. Refer
to catalog section K-SEC 100 for
ordering information about the D-link,
and other Cooper Power Systems
fuse links.
When selecting a cutout or fuse, it
is important to consider future load
growth and other planned system
expansion.

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CONNECTORS/ TABLE 1
Connector/Bracket Options
BRACKETS
The Type L cutout includes a Catalog
Number
tin-plated bronze parallel-groove
connector as standard. The parallel- 5th Digit 6th Digit Cutout Connector/Bracket Description
groove connector fits a conductor P 0 Includes parallel groove connector; deletes crossarm mounting bracket
range of #8 solid (.128" diameter)
P 1 Includes parallel groove connector and NEMA Type B
to 250 MCM (.575" diameter). Tin crossarm mounting bracket
plated bronze eyebolt and large
eyebolt connector options are also P 3 Includes parallel groove connector and extended crossarm
mounting bracket
available. The eyebolt connector
fits a conductor range of #8 solid E 0 Includes eyebolt connector; deletes crossarm mounting bracket
(.128" diameter) to 2/0 standard E 1 Includes eyebolt connector and NEMA Type B crossarm mounting
(.418" diameter) and the large eyebolt bracket
connector fits a conductor range of E 3 Includes eyebolt connector and extended crossarm mounting bracket
#8 solid (.128" diameter) to 250 MCM
(.575" diameter). L 0 Includes large eyebolt connector; deletes crossarm mounting bracket

The Type L crossarm mounting L 1 Includes large eyebolt connector and NEMA Type B crossarm
mounting bracket
includes a heavy-duty NEMA Type
B crossarm mounting bracket to L 3 Includes large eyebolt connector and extended crossarm mounting
withstand the mechanical forces bracket
generated during fault current
interruptions when using an expulsion TABLE 2
fuse link. An extended crossarm Electrical Ratings
mounting bracket option is also
available. Type L cutouts are also
available without crossarm mounting Impulse
Maximum Withstand Voltage Minimum 60 Hz Minimum 60 Hz
brackets. Design (BIL) on 1.2 x 50 1 min. Dry 10 sec Wet Creepage
To specify the appropriate connector Rating Microsecond Withstand Value Withstand Value Distance
kV Wave kV, crest* kV, rms* kV, rms* inches (mm)
and bracket options, simply
change the fifth and sixth digits of 15 110 35 30 9.45 (240)
the catalog number as shown in 27 125 42 36 12.6 (320)
Table 1. (Example: L4B1E1A will
include an eyebolt connector and 27 150 70 60 18.5 (470)
the NEMA Type B bracket.) Consult *In accordance with ANSI Standard C37.42-1996.
your Cooper Power Systems
representative for other connector/
bracket options. TABLE 3
Type L Cutouts Dimensional Data (refer to Figure 6)
Dimensions inches (mm)
Voltage
Rating BIL
kV kV A B C D
15 110 11.32 (288) 13.50 (343) 8.15 (207) 11.50 (292)
27 125 14.74 (374) 14.09 (358) 10.12 (257) 14.92 (379)
27 150 14.74 (374) 14.29 (363) 10.12 (257) 14.92 (379)

Figure 4.
Parallel-groove connector.

Figure 5.
Eyebolt connector.

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ELECTRICAL RATINGS
5.00" (127 mm) AND DIMENSIONS
Electrical ratings for the Type L
B
cutouts are shown in Table 2.
Dimensional data is listed in Table 3.
Figure 6 shows an outline drawing of
the Type L cutout.
4.13" (105 mm)
to
5.16" (131 mm)
ORDERING INFORMATION
To order a complete Type L cutout
with a fuseholder or disconnect
blade choose the appropriate part
number from Tables 4, 5, or 6.
To order an individual fuseholder,
20° disconnect blade or the cutout
mounting frame, refer to Tables 7 or
8.
C A

Figure 6.
Type L cutout assembly.

TABLE 4
15 kV, 110 kV BIL Type L Interchangeable Cutout with Fuseholder or Disconnect Blade

Interrupting Rating
A-rms Creepage Approximate
Catalog Maximum Design Continuous Distance Weight
Number* Voltage kV Current A-rms Symmetrical Asymmetrical Inches (mm) lbs. (kg)
L4B1P1A 15 100 7,100 10,000 9.45 (240) 14.5 (6.5)
L4BAP1A** 15 100 10,600 16,000 9.45 (240) 14.6 (6.6)
L4B2P1A 7.8 200 8,000 12,000 9.45 (240) 15.0 (6.8)
L4B3P1A 15 300 Disconnect† Disconnect† 9.45 (240) 14.0 (6.4)
Notes for Table 4:
* Standard unit includes tin plated bronze parallel-groove connector and NEMA crossarm mounting bracket. See Table 1 “Connector/Bracket Options” for optional connectors
and brackets.
** These units include an arc shortening rod and must be used with removable buttonhead fuse links.
† 300 A short time current ratings: 12 kA (Asym) momentary, 8 kA (Sym) 15-Cycle.

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TABLE 5
27 kV, 125 kV BIL Type L Interchangeable Cutout with Fuseholder or Disconnect Blade
Interrupting Rating
A-rms Creepage Approximate
Catalog Maximum Design Continuous Distance Weight
Number* Voltage kV Current A-rms Symmetrical Asymmetrical Inches (mm) lbs. (kg)
L9C1P1A 27 100 5,300 8,000 12.6 (320) 16.7 (7.5)
L9CAP1A** 27 100 8,000 12,000 12.6 (320) 16.8 (7.6)
L9C2P1A 15 200 7,100 10,000 12.6 (320) 17.2 (7.8)
L9C3P1A 27 300 Disconnect† Disconnect† 12.6 (320) 16.2 (7.3)
Notes:
* Standard unit includes tin plated bronze parallel-groove connector and NEMA crossarm mounting bracket. See Table 1 “Connector/Bracket Options” for optional connectors and
brackets.
** These units include an arc shortening rod and must be used with removable buttonhead fuse links.
† 300 A short time current ratings: 12 kA (Asym) momentary, 8 kA (Sym) 15-Cycle.

TABLE 6
27 kV, 150 kV BIL Type L Interchangeable Cutout with Fuseholder or Disconnect Blade
Interrupting Rating
A-rms Creepage Approximate
Catalog Maximum Design Continuous Distance Weight
Number* Voltage kV Current A-rms Symmetrical Asymmetrical Inches (mm) lbs. (kg)
L9D1P1A 27 100 5,300 8,000 18.5 (470) 22.5 (10.2)
L9DAP1A** 27 100 8,000 12,000 18.5 (470) 22.6 (10.3)
L9D2P1A 15 200 7,100 10,000 18.5 (470) 23.0 (10.4)
L9D3P1A 27 300 Disconnect† Disconnect† 18.5 (470) 22.0 (10.0)
Notes:
* Standard unit includes tin plated bronze parallel-groove connector and NEMA crossarm mounting bracket. See Table 1 “Connector/Bracket Options” for optional connectors and
brackets.
** These units include an arc shortening rod and must be used with removable buttonhead fuse links.
† 300 A short time current ratings: 12 kA (Asym) momentary, 8 kA (Sym) 15-Cycle.

TABLE 7
Fuseholders and Disconnect Blades Only
Approximate
Fuseholder Approximate
Catalog Maximum Design Continuous Interrupting Rating Length Weight
Number Voltage kV Current A-rms A-rms Asym Inches (mm) lbs. (kg)
For 15 kV, 110 kV BIL Cutouts
LDB100A 15 100 10,000 11.32 (288) 1.9 (.86)
LDBA00A† 15 100 16,000 11.32 (288) 2.0 (.91)
LDB200A 7.8 200 12,000 11.32 (288) 2.4 (1.1)
LDB300A 15 300 Disconnect** 11.32 (288) 1.4 (.64)
For 27 kV, 125 kV BIL Cutouts
LDC100A 27 100 8,000 14.74 (374) 2.1 (.95)
LDCA00A† 27 100 12,000 14.74 (374) 2.2 (1.0)
LDC200A 15 200 10,000 14.74 (374) 2.6 (1.2)
LDC300A 27 300 Disconnect** 14.74 (374) 1.6 (.73)
For 27 kV, 150 kV BIL Cutouts
LDC100A 27 100 8,000 14.74 (374) 2.1 (.95)
LDCA00A† 27 100 12,000 14.74 (374) 2.2 (1.0)
LDC200A 15 200 10,000 14.74 (374) 2.6 (1.2)
LDC300A 27 300 Disconnect** 14.74 (374) 1.6 (.73)
Notes:
† These fuseholders include an arc shortening rod and must be used with removable buttonhead fuse links.
** 300 A short time current ratings: 12 kA (Asym) momentary, 8 kA (Sym) 15-Cycle.

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TABLE 8
Type L Open Cutout Mounting Frames Only (Without Fuseholder or Disconnect Blade)

Dimensions Inches (mm) Porcelain Approximate

Catalog Voltage Creepage Weight lbs. (kg)
Number* Rating kV BIL kV B C Inches (mm) (Frame only)
L4B0P1A 15 110 13.50 (343) 8.15 (207) 9.45 (240) 12.6 (5.7)
L9C0P1A 27 125 14.09 (358) 10.12 (257) 12.6 (320) 14.6 (6.6)
L9D0P1A 27 150 14.29 (362) 10.12 (257) 18.5 (970) 20.4 (9.3)
Notes:
* Standard unit includes tin plated bronze parallel-groove connector and crossarm mounting bracket. See Table 1 “Connector/Bracket Options” for optional connectors
and brackets.

ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Refer to the following reference
literature for more information:
■ S327-30-1 Type L Open
Distribution Cutout Installation
Instructions
■ 235-26 Surge Arrester/Type L
Fuse Cutout Combination
Catalog
■ CP-9618 Type L Open
Distribution Cutout Certified
Test Report
■ K-SEC 100 Edison® Links
Catalog
Contact your Cooper Power Systems
representative for further information.

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