15/97

DRIESCHER Outdoor
Load-Break Switches FLa 15/97
Three-pole design

Rated voltages
12 kV, 24 kV, 36 kV and 38.5 kV
Rated currents
400 A and 630 A

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ELEKTROTECHNISCHE WERKE
FRITZ DRIESCHER & SHNE GMBH
:D-85366 MOOSBURG TEL. (+49 87 61) 6 81-0 FAX (+49 87 61) 6 81-1 37

http://www.driescher.de

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DRIESCHER-Outdoor Load-Break Switches FLa 15/97

Vacuum Switching
There is a trend towards vacuum switching
In the seventies, basic research into vacuum switching was started in Germany. At that time, smallvolume oil switches had become established in medium-voltage systems through decades of reliable operation, and had become accepted by users as safe
equipment. Laboratory tests revealed that vacuum
switches are in many ways superior to traditional switching arrangements.
In distribution systems, the most important criterion is
safe electricity supply, and it is not high numbers of
operating cycles but a high degree of reliability that
matters. Even after many years of useful life, the
equipment must be capable of performing making
and breaking operations safely.
What is required is switching elements whose electric
properties will change as little as possible throughout
their useful lives. Vacuum interrupters are sealed hermetically, and extremely pure materials ensure that
the vacuum required for safe switching will be preserved over their entire useful lives. Even contact resistance will remain at very low values because in a
vacuum there is no oxydation process.

The advantages of the open-air load-breaking switches

Fla 15/97 over outdoor load-breaking switches with
conventional arc-extinguishing media are as follows:
faster dielectric recovery of the break distance
after each breaking operation;
high dielectric strength of the break distance;
short total travel and, hence,
compact drive mechanism;
less wear on contacts and, hence
longer useful life.

DRIESCHER-Outdoor Load-Break Switches FLa 15/97

General
Unlike arc extinction in oil which has up to now been
customary in outdoor load-break switches, arc interruption in the newly-developed outdoor load-break switch
Fla 15/97 is carried out in a vacuum interrupter.
By virtue of an insulation system developed by
Driescher (patent pending), no liquid or gaseous medium will be required for external electric strength1) either.
The outdoor load-break switch Fla 15/97 is therefore
suitable even for special applications (including duty in
water-conservation areas). The outdoor load-break
switch Fla 15/97 is available for rated voltages of 12 kV
to 38.5 kV, and for rated currents of 400 A and 630 A.
Through the use of adapter parts, it will be possible to
use vacuum interrupter chambers even for retrofitting
installed equipment of the Fla 15/60 family.

1)

concerning the Vacuum interrupter

Specifications

Rated
Rated
Rated
Rated
Rated
Rated

voltage
current
mainly active load current
closed loop distribution circuit current
cable charging current
earth fault current

kV
A
A
A
A
A

12
400 / 630
630
630
25
200

24
400 / 630
630
630
25
200

36
400 / 630
630
630
200

38.5
400 / 630
630
630
200

Rated cable and line-charging current

under earth faults

32

32

32

32

Rated peak withstand current

Rated short-time withstand current (1 sec.)

kA
kA

40
16

40
16

40
16

40
16

kV
kV

28
32

50
60

70
80

80
90

kV
kV

75
85

125
145

170
195

180
210

Rated power frequency withstand voltage

phase-earth / phase-phase
open gap
Rated impulse withstand voltage
phase-earth / phase-phase
open gap

Overview

Guide

Compression spring

Stop pad

Push rod

Eccentric disc

Bearing

Compression spring

Guide ring

Sleeve

10 Vacuum interrupter chamber

11 Protective cover
12 Housing

Measures, weights, drawings and descriptions in this list are not binding and are subject to change without notice!
Printed on chlorine free bleached paper. For natures sake.

ELEKTROTECHNISCHE WERKE
FRITZ DRIESCHER & SHNE GMBH
:D-85366 MOOSBURG TEL. (+49 87 61) 6 81-0 FAX (+49 87 61) 6 81-1 37

http://www.driescher.de

Ordering No. 3-81701600 03-99

eMail: Driescher@aol.com