Faizan Arshad 2019-P/2018-EE-139 Section A

Lab Experiment 5
To Compare the Flashover Voltages Wet and Dry for a
Typical Outdoor Insulator.
Water Resistance

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230V V Insulator

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Apparatus:
1. Pin Type Insulator
2. Distilled Water
3. 150 kV Testing Transformer with control and protective gear
Procedure:
The purpose of this test is to show the two modes of flash over and to indicate the difference in the
two flashover voltages.
Precautions:
Obtain the flashover voltage ‘dry’ for the insulator, repeating tests several time in order to get a good
average value.
The dust on the insulator will lower the flash over value.
Theory:
The flash over voltage of an insulator is considerably lower if its surfaces are wet. These wet
surfaces form a conducting path and the effective insulated path for flashover is then shortened.
Insulators are designed as that even under rain conditions, portions of the sheds remains dry and
provide effective insulation. In the laboratory rain tests are often made by spraying water at an angle
45o to the insulator subjected to voltage.
Observations & Calculations:
Barometric Pressure (b): 760 mm of Hg
Room temperature (t): 18 oC
Correction Factor (K): ( b/760 ) * ( 293 / (273 + t )) = 1.007
Dry 1 min Power Frequency Withstand Voltage: 65 kV
Wet 1 min Power Frequency Withstand Voltage: 35 kV
Dry Power Frequency Flash Over Voltage: 78.45 kV
Wet Power Frequency Flash Over Voltage: 37.6 kV
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No. of Readings Average Value Corrected

Value
Type of Test 1 2 3
kV kV kV kV kV
Dry Flash
Over 78.45 78.45 78.999
Voltage
Wet Flash
Over 37.6 37.6 37.86
Voltage