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What are the common faults and corresponding solutions for indoor drawer-type high-voltage vacuum circuit breakers?

Felix Spark
Field: Failure and maintenance
China
Inability to Push In or Withdraw the Draw-out Carriage
The main manifestation is difficulty in inserting the carriage, which may cause equipment damage and threaten production when severe. The causes and countermeasures are shown in Table 1.

The circuit - breaker fails to close. It manifests as the closing core actuating but the circuit - breaker not closing successfully; or the closing core not actuating, which shows that the control circuit of the circuit - breaker is open - circuited or the mechanism is not charged, etc. Its causes and treatment countermeasures are shown in Table 2.

The circuit breaker fails to open. The armature of the electromagnet is deformed and stuck, and the buckle plate and the opening half - shaft are engaged too much; the opening armature acts, but due to the jamming of the transmission system, the circuit breaker fails to open in place. Its causes and treatment countermeasures are shown in Table 3.

The motor fails to store energy or runs continuously. The main manifestations are that the microswitch in the motor circuit fails to switch, the rectifier bridge in the energy storage circuit is broken down, or the motor is faulty. The causes and treatment countermeasures are shown in Table 4.

Excessive contact bounce time during closing, with one phase having an oversized contact stroke and three - phase inconsistency, results in excessive contact pressure. The corresponding reaction force increases, causing contact bounce. The causes and treatment countermeasures are shown in Table 5.

The opening and closing time seriously exceeds the standard. The opening and closing time is related to the engagement amount of the opening and closing half - shafts, as well as the flexibility of the mechanism and the transmission system of the main body. The causes and treatment countermeasures are shown in Table 6.

Preventive Measures

  • Take advantage of power - outage maintenance opportunities to lubricate all mechanical friction parts of draw - out circuit breakers and operating mechanisms, reducing frictional resistance.
  • After maintenance, test that the main technical data of the switch meet the requirements of technical standards, with complete and qualified test items.
Conclusion
Currently, 10kV vacuum circuit breakers have gradually replaced less - oil circuit breakers in substations of power supply enterprises, playing a positive role in the oil - free transformation process. Compared with oil circuit breakers, vacuum circuit breakers have advantages such as being suitable for frequent operation, requiring less maintenance, being fire - proof, explosion - proof, and having high operational reliability. However, during installation and commissioning, maintenance management should be strengthened, inspection and lubrication of mechanical parts of the spring mechanism should be emphasized, especially the testing of mechanical characteristic parameters. This will improve the reliable operation of draw - out circuit breakers and eliminate faults and abnormalities in the budding stage.
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