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SF6 Breakers are widely used in all other power distribution and transmission system. SF6 breaker is
having a tube contained with SF6 gas, the male and female contact mount in that tube. SF6 gases are
having the property to observe free electron. Electrical Arc is nothing but a flow of free electron in the non-
conductive medium i.e air. During the breaker operation (switching and charging) condition an arc between
two contacts can be initiated by ionization and glow discharge when the current through the 11 kV SF6
breaker is increased. In order to stop the above-said process, SF6 gases are used.
You can see the photo of SF6 ABB make Circuit breaker,
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Breaker position:
In this you can see the symbol 0 or 1. Which indicates the breaker in open condition or closed condition. In
our case the symbol is 0 which means the breaker in open condition. Whenever the breaker closed the
symbol automatically change from 0 to 1.
Logo:
Logo says the SF6 circuit breaker manufacture details. In our circuit breaker’s logo is “ABB” which means
the SF6 circuit breaker was manufactured by ABB.
Serial Number:
Serial number for manufacturer’s reference number. Which is used to find out the manufacturing details
about the breaker in ABB data base i.e the test reports during the breaker was made, spare details etc.
Production year:
Year of SF6 breaker manufactured in ABB workshop.
IEC standards:
The International Electrotechnical Commission has defined standards for each electrical equipment, here
the number mentions that the machine/breaker was built as per their IEC standards.
Note: Most other than Local manufacture uses the IEC standards. Local manufacture uses the local country
specifications.
IEC 62271-100 is High-voltage switchgear and control gear standard.
HPA 12/1640 C
HPA => Model of the breaker such as self-rake-in and rake-out model or manual rake-in and rake-out
model, in our case it is manual rake-in and rake-out model
What is rake-in:
Rake in is nothing but a putting or inserting breaker into operational position. Manual means, there is a
rotatable gear is used to insert the breaker into bus bar section. By doing manual operation the breaker
goes inside of the bus bar position.
What is Rake-out?
Rake out is the reverse operation of rake in. which means removing the breaker from bus bar or operation
position to the maintenance position. Here the same gear is used to remove the breaker.
12 => the rated voltage of the SF6 breaker. The breaker can withstand up to 12 kV of phase-to-phase AC
voltage
1640 C => the rated current of the breaker. The SF6 breaker withstands up to 1640 Amps in steady
operation. Which means you can load the breaker up to 1600 Amps
C => Current
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