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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
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 eMail: Driescher@aol.com
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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 swit-
ching was started in Germany. At that time, small-
volume oil switches had become established in medi-
um-voltage systems through decades of reliable ope-
ration, and had become accepted by users as safe
equipment. Laboratory tests revealed that vacuum
switches are in many ways superior to traditional swit-
ching 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 her-
metically, and extremely pure materials ensure that
the vacuum required for safe switching will be preser-
ved over their entire useful lives. Even contact resi-
stance 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.
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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 interrup-
tion 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 medi-
um will be required for external electric strength
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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.
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concerning the Vacuum interrupter
Specifications
Rated voltage
Rated current
Rated mainly active load current
Rated closed loop distribution circuit current
Rated cable charging current
Rated earth fault current
Rated cable and line-charging current
under earth faults
Rated peak withstand current
Rated short-time withstand current (1 sec.)
kV
A
A
A
A
A
A
kA
kA
12
400 / 630
630
630
25
200
32
40
16
24
400 / 630
630
630
25
200
32
40
16
50
60
125
145
38.5
400 / 630
630
630
-
200
32
40
16
80
90
180
210
36
400 / 630
630
630
-
200
32
40
16
70
80
170
195
Rated power frequency withstand voltage
Rated impulse withstand voltage
phase-earth / phase-phase
open gap
kV
kV
28
32
phase-earth / phase-phase
open gap
kV
kV
75
85
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Guide
Compression spring
Stop pad
Push rod
Eccentric disc
Bearing
Compression spring
Guide ring
Sleeve
Vacuum interrupter chamber
Protective cover
Housing
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Overview
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 eMail: Driescher@aol.com
Ordering No. 3-81701600 03-99
Measures, weights, drawings and descriptions in this list are not binding and are subject to change without notice!
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