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Surge Protection Overvoltage Devices PDF
Surge Protection Overvoltage Devices PDF
(surge arrester)
Agenda
●Installation rules.
Electrical overvoltage,
unique characteristics
Sources Characteristics
Lightning
● Lightning ● Ultra-rapid transient
phenomenon. Unit Voltage
of measurement =
kV/ µs Operations
● Highly destructive
energy.
● Overvoltage ● Repetitive
generated by phenomenon Irms
operations or leading to
incidents on the premature aging.
network.
● Malfunction which
may even result in
permanent damage.
● malfunction,
● destruction of equipment,
● unavailability of production tools,
● etc.
T2
Case Distance of more than 30
No.2 metres
Mainboard
T2 = type 2 surge arrester
T3
T2 Floor
switchboard
Incoming
circuit-breaker
Lightning *
current
Sensitive equipments
●At the end of its life, a thermal protector integrated into the surge
arrester:
●isolate the surge arrester from the rest of the installation.
●activates the red end-of-life warning light, indicating that the surge
arrester needs to be changed.
circuit breaker.
Schneider Electric – Surge Protection – 03/2010 13
Choose the best upstream
protection for a surge arrester
● E.g. the best disconnection circuit breaker for a breaking capacity of 15kA
and Imax of 40kA is a C60H.
Safe
Efficient
Easy selection
Quick PF and
Quick PRD
Schneider Electric – Surge Protection – 03/2010 17
Installation rules
1000V
500V
L ≤ 50cm
L2 L2
L3
L3 Intermediate
Main earth earth terminal
bar Main earth
L > 50cm bar
L1+L2+L3 < 50 cm
L2 ~ 0cm
L3 ~ 5cm
L3 ~ 15cm