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AUTHORISED REF NO. TAG NO
AGENT TEL/FAX
MANUFACTURER
TYPE/MODEL
Description Power Source and Transform voltage/ current magnitude
OUTPUT VA PRIMER VOLT.
MOUNTING SECONDARY VOLT.
POWER FACTOR CONNECTION
IMPEDANCE COOLING SYSTEM
WEIGHT
DIMENSION
The purpose of the following maintenance procedure is to carry out a maintenance
APPLICATION intervention, inspection and reconditioning of the WET TRANSFORMER.
Manufacture Instruction Manual Book
REFERENCES
MULTI
TORQUE WRENCH
TESTER
LEVER BRUSH CLEANERS
ITEMS DETAILS OF WORK
A WET TRANSFORMER:
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Senior electrical Engineering who competent to handle Wet 3 person 4 hours
Transformer.
B Safety Precaution:
Avoid direct contact to lived/ hot circuit.
The floor where the works is occurred must be covered by rubber material carpet.
Take all conductive material from our body, such as; watch, rings, necklace,
bracelet.
All test equipments can’t be left by in live/energized condition although just for a
while.
All testing and inspection must be performed by qualified personnel, and in
conformance with normal electric safely practice
C Job Plan/ Procedure
C.1 Preparation
1. Prepare all working tools, PPE and other tools used in this maintenance activity.
Check the completeness and functionality of these tools; they must be in good
condition.
2. Prepare all working documents that used in this maintenance activity.
3. Conduct a safety talk before doing any maintenance activity.
4. Arrange work permit with the authority to have access for this intervention.
5. Ask the authority to have the equipment under maintenance in shutdown condition
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C.2 Maintenance Operation
a. Eliminating deterioration in electrical or mechanical condition affecting
operational performance or becoming a safety hazard.
b. Inspect and maintain the integrity of all:
i. Inspect Terminal boxes for cleanliness, corrosion, gasket, and
containment of live electrical parts and appropriate protection from the
environment.
ii. Inspect Terminal connections for mechanical strength, overheating,
corrosion and insulation from adjacent terminals and the case.
iii. Inspect Cable terminations for approved method, adequate tightness and
correct torque (where applicable).
iv. Inspect Insulators for mechanical strength, cracks, deposits of moisture,
oily and dirty.
v. Inspect tank (N2) pressure, min 2 PSI, max 5 PSI
vi. Inspect the conservator oil/liquid level.
vii. Inspect the marshalling cubicle for physical condition and operation
condition.
viii. Inspect valve operation from corrosion, damage, and padlocked.
ix. Inspect the cooling system, and control. Check the corrosion sign, noise,
rotation, moisture, and also electrical problem in control.
x. Inspect transformer bushing from dirt and dust.
xi. Inspect Cable restraints, for example, glands.
xii. Inspect Transformer tank, radiator from corrosion, damage, dusty, dirty.
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c. Inspect and maintain the integrity of the electrical safety bonding with the
designated common grounding point on the equipment and, the electrical safety
bond with the facility.
d. Perform the inspection of transformer electrical protective devices such as
Bucholz, Temperature Sensor, Pressure Sensor etc and load tap changer.
e. Perform test of Transformer winding Polarization Index (PI) service to determine
the overall winding insulation resistance using rated electrical megger. Record the
value of 1-minute and 10-minute insulation with cables and without cables.
Polarization Index is Risol 10 minute divided by 1 minute and the value must be
>2.
f. Perform test of transformer winding insulation resistance measurement for HV
winding to ground, LV winding to Ground, HV winding to LV winding to
determine the individual winding coil insulation resistance using 5KV electrical
megger measurements. The insulation value must be >(Un+1) Mohm (Un in KV
Std : NEMA MGI-1987 part 20). If the transformer fitted with a tank ground
protection, disconnect the ground cable. Perform as well the insulation
measurement of tank to local auxiliary board, tank to local tap changer, tank to
ground system. Record the value in maintenance report form. Reconnect the
grounding cable to the tank.
g. Check pressure/vacuum gauge for maintaining the integrity of the sealed
construction. High pressure indicates overload or internal trouble. A zero pressure
reading indicates the leak.
h. Check and record temperature gauge for indication of overheating.
i. Check liquid filled transformer and maintain liquid level
j. Perform dielectric oil test to determine the condition of insulation oil for dielectric
strength, sludge content and acidity number. Take samples of the oil from
location where the oil is supposed to be the most contaminated, e.g. from the
bottom of the tank then slowly pour the test cell of the liquid dielectric tester. Oil
dielectric strength should be :
1. . New oil : 50 kv / 2.5 mm for 1 minute
2. . Old oil : 30 kv / 2.5 mm for 1 minute
k. Perform dielectric oil filtering or replacement based on the result of dielectric
tests as necessary.
l. Before handed over this transformer to the authority, we must check again all the
electrical and mechanical connection.
m. After finishing the maintenance tasks ask supervisor to sign the job card and
maintenance report.
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D Standards & Regulation Basics:
Standard Description
IEEE, Std 62-1995 Part 1 Oil filled power transformer, regulators
and reactors
NFPA 70B Recommended Practice for Electrical
Equipment maintenance
ASTM Method D1816-60T Testing of Dielectric Strength of
Insulating Oil Transformer
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E Tools Qty Remarks
General Tools
Hand Tools
F
Materials Qty Remarks
G Protective Devices
Core
Winding
Bushing
Cooling Fan
Transformer Tank
Conservator
Tap Changer
Measurement Equipments
Radiator
Valves
Oil level indicator
Pressure Relief Devices
Thermometers for oil, windings
Breather
Gas Pressure
Nameplate
Personnel Skills Qty Remarks
- Technician
- Electrician
Appendix-A
Twelve Monthly Inspections Checklist
Transformer
No Description Condition Action Remark
1
Winding
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2
Cores
3
Bushing
4
Transformer Tank
5
Conservator
6
Radiator
7
Fans and Pump
8
Tap Changer
9 Valves
10
Protective Devices
11
Measuring Equipments
12
Oil/ Liquid level
13
Nameplate
14
Cooling System and Control
15
Marshalling Cubicle
16
Thermometers
Transformer Visual Inspection
No Description Yes No Action Remark
1
Transformer tanks corrosion and leakage
2
Oil level indication
3
Sign of corrosion in all terminal/ equipment
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No Description Yes No Action Remark
4
All joint/ connection from leakage
5
Sign of damage in all equipment
6
Surrounding area clean and tidy
7
Valve padlocked, corroded, damage
8 Cooling system from dirt, insect, leaves.
9
Pump and Fan rotation, lubrication, noise
10
Bushing porcelain from dirt, dust
11
All screw joint tight
12
Tap changer hand operation
13
Limit switch operation at both ends of range
14
Drive motor rotation
15
Step by step relay operation
16 Tap changer position indicator
17 Remote/Local Indication
18 Conservator cleanliness, corrosion, damage
19 Radiator cleanliness, corrosion, damage
20 Neutral to ground connection
21 Cable tagging and fastening
22 Cable glands
23 Measuring equipment from damage/ broken
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FUNCTION TEST OF PROTECTIVE DEVICE
LOOP ALARM TRIP
OVER CURRENT
EARTH FAULT
BUCHOLZ
TEMPERATURE
PRESSURE
MEASUREMENT
PRIM : Polarization Index SECOND : Polarization Index OIL DIELECT STRENGTH
TIME WITH CABLES WITHOUT TIME WITH CABLES WITHOUT CABLES TEST BREAKDOWN TEST BREAKDOWN
MN CABLES MN
1 1 1 4
5 5 2 5
10 10 3 6
PI PI AVERAGE : KV
PRIM/SEC. Earth/tank
PRIM : Megger test at: V SECOND : Megger test at: V Megger resistance
Ph/E WITH CABLES W/O CABLES Ph/E WITH CABLES W/O CABLES Ph/Ph
I/E 1/E I/1
II/E 2/E II/2 OPEN CLOSE
III/E 3/E III/3
MEASUREMENT OF GROUNDING SYSTEM
REQUIREMENT TEST CONTINUITY BETWEEN ALL ACCESSIBLE METAL
PARTS AND LOCAL GROUND
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MAXIMUM OF
NUMBER OF TEST POINT
RESISTANCE READING
0.4 OHM
Date: ____________ Inspector Sign:____________ Acknowledge by P/F Supt:______________
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