Vanguard Instruments Company CT-6500 2 Series, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...NG INSTRUCTIONS for the CT 6500 Series 2 Digital Circuit Breaker Analyzer Vanguard Instruments Company 1520 South Hellman Avenue Ontario California 91761 USA TEL 909 923 9390 May 2008 FAX 909 923 9391...

Page 2: ...formed only by Vanguard Instruments Company s factory personnel or by an authorized repair and service center Unauthorized modifications can cause serious safety hazards and will nullify the manufactu...

Page 3: ...cs 11 4 1 Thermal Printer Graphic Printout 11 5 0 CT 6500 Controls and Display 12 6 0 CT 6500 Analyzer Specifications 15 7 0 CT 6500 Special Features 17 7 1 CT 6500 Supplied Cables 17 7 2 CT 6500 Oper...

Page 4: ...49 9 10 3 Breaker Bounce Back Distance 49 9 10 4 Contact Wipe 49 9 10 5 Breaker Velocity 49 9 10 6 Analysis Point Selections 49 9 10 7 Analysis Point No 1 AP1 50 9 10 8 Analysis Point No 2 AP2 50 9 1...

Page 5: ...11 0 Typical Tabulated Printout of an Open Operation From the Thermal Printer 34 Figure 12 0 Typical Graphic Result Printed on Thermal Printer 37 Figure 13 0 Expansion Graph From 0 to 300ms Printed on...

Page 6: ...ng a Timing Test Record 44 Table 12 0 Deleting a Timing Record 45 Table 13 0 Entering Test Record Identification Header 46 Table 14 0 RS 232C Connector Pin Definition 48 Table 15 0 Setting Up OPEN Ana...

Page 7: ...abulated Report for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14 4K 73 APPENDIX D OPEN CLOSE Timing Chart for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14 4K 74 APPENDIX E OPEN CLOSE Tabulated Report for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14...

Page 8: ...h as Operating coil current reading breaker DC coil power supply voltage reading are also available The CT 6500 is available with the following configurations CT 6500 3 Three Contact Input channels Th...

Page 9: ...considered as ON status Voltages less than 30Vdc are considered as OFF status 2 4 Trip Close Current Monitoring A built in hall effect current sensor measures the trip and close coil current levels a...

Page 10: ...g shot data Unlike other media EEPROMs are immune to temperature shock and humidity Stored shots can be recalled to reanalyze the test data to reprint test reports or to transfer data to a personal co...

Page 11: ...age has no load and minimum voltage when the supply voltage is under load or when a coil is energized The V1 connection allows the user to monitor the DC power supply s voltage fluctuations during a b...

Page 12: ...raphics 4 1 Thermal Printer Graphic Printout A 4 5 inch wide built in thermal printer can output graphic waveforms of the contact channels travel curves and actuator coil currents Using the Zoom Graph...

Page 13: ...miliar with all of the controls and display indications The keypad and display are used to operate the CT 6500 Figure 1 0 represents the control panel and the numbered lines pointing to each control a...

Page 14: ...0 300 volts dc or peak ac 15 0 300V TRIGGER 3 pin connector Triggers voltage input for external trigger application Voltage levels ranging from 30 to 300 V dc or peak ac 17 GROUND Safety ground termi...

Page 15: ...port 26 1 9 0 ENTER START STOP CLEAR PAPER LCD PAPER LCD 16 button keypad The keys are momentary contact pushbutton switches Allows users to make menu selections enter alphanumeric data adjust the LCD...

Page 16: ...V2 voltage detector present absent Input 30 300V dc or peak ac BREAKER OPERATION Open Close Open Close Close Open and Open Close Open BREAKER INITIATE CAPACITY 30A 250V ac dc max 100A inrush INITIATE...

Page 17: ...Instructions 16 ENVIROMENT Operating 10 C to 50 C 15 F to 122 F Storage 30 C to 70 C 22 F to 158 F OPTIONS Hard shipping case for CT 6500 Hard shipping case for Travel Transducers WARRANTY One year w...

Page 18: ...2 0 CT 6500 Cable set ITEM DESCRIPTION QTY 1 GND Cable 1 2 Power Cord 1 3 Contact Cable 3 or 6 or 12 4 Contact Extension Cable 3 or 6 or 12 5 Transducer cable 1 6 Voltage Trigger Leads 3 7 Voltage Tr...

Page 19: ...remove the CT 6500 from the case locate the voltage setting switch and set the new operating voltage Figure 2 0 CT 6500 Operating Voltage Setting 7 3 CT 6500 Main Power Switch Circuit Breaker The CT...

Page 20: ...ow Remove the printer cover Remove the leftover thermal paper roll from the paper holder Unroll the new thermal paper Feed the thermal paper into the slot between the paper pocket and the rubber rolle...

Page 21: ...A B and C A typical circuit breaker with series contacts is shown in Figure 4 0 In the below example the circuit breaker has 2 contacts in series per phase Contact timing channel 1 and 2 are used in t...

Page 22: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 21 Figure 4 0 Series Contact Cable Connection...

Page 23: ...ge ranging from 10 to 300 Volts Both the trip and close circuits are protected by 5 Ampere fuses A typical DC trip and DC close control circuit test hookup is shown in Figure 5 0 A typical DC trip and...

Page 24: ...graphical format Thus the user is able to see the breaker s DC control voltage dip under load conditions Problems such as a poor connection or an excessive voltage drop during the circuit breaker oper...

Page 25: ...which will then start the timing when the CT 6500 senses the voltage across the closing coil See Figure 8 0 for a typical test hookup Another application for external trigger is to start timing the br...

Page 26: ...0 Series 2 Operating Instructions 25 8 6 Digital Transducer Connection A typical transducer connection is shown on Figure 9 0 See Appendix I for more transducer connections Figure 9 0 Transducer Conne...

Page 27: ...round one side of the breaker s bushings Always connect the CT 6500 ground stud to the substation ground before connecting any cables to the unit HOOKUP CT 6500 1 GROUND THE CT 6500 See NOTE 2 CONNECT...

Page 28: ...mmended for the CLOSE OPEN operation since it truly represents when the circuit breaker closed and then opened Set DELAY The CT 6500 can initiate a CLOSE command and then an OPEN command after a progr...

Page 29: ...GGER PRESS 1 KEY TIMING MODE 1 OPEN 2 CLOSE 3 O C 4 C O 5 O C O 5 SELECT OPEN OPERATION PRESS 1 KEY OPEN TIMING Hold ARM Switch Then START STOP to ABORT 6 INITIATE OPEN COMMAND HOLD THE ARM SWITCH AND...

Page 30: ...Y INSERTION RESISTOR 1 NO 2 YES 2 SELECT INSERTION RESISTOR PRESS 2 KEY RESISTOR VALUE 1 LESS THAN 1000 OHM 2 1000 to 2000 OHM 3 MORE THAN 2000 OHM 3 SELECT LESS THAN 1000 OHM RESISTOR RANGE PRESS 1 K...

Page 31: ...t There are 3 choices for the user to setup the CLOSE OPEN operation 1 Contact 1 CLOSE The CT 6500 will initiate a CLOSE operation The Open operation is then initiated after contact channel 1 is close...

Page 32: ...KEY C O Second Trigger 1 Contact 1 CLOSE 2 Set DELAY 3 No DELAY 6 SELECT CONTACT 1 CLOSE PRESS 1 KEY CLOSE OPEN TIMING Hold ARM Switch Then START STOP to ABORT 7 INITIATE OPEN COMMAND HOLD THE ARM SW...

Page 33: ...WINDOW 1 SEC 2 WINDOW 10 SEC 3 WINDOW 20 SEC 3 SELECT 1 SECOND WINDOW PRESS 1 KEY TRIGGER MODE 1 INTERNAL TRIGGER 2 EXTERNAL TRIGGER 4 SELECT INTERNAL TRIGGER PRESS 1 KEY TIMING MODE 1 OPEN 2 CLOSE 3...

Page 34: ...typical circuit breaker timing result printed on thermal printer is shown in Figure 11 0 Table 7 0 Printing Tabulated Results STEP OPERATION ACTION DISPLAY 1 GET TIMING RESULTS PRESS 2 KEY 1 PRINT TES...

Page 35: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 34 Figure 11 0 Typical Tabulated Printout of an Open Operation From the Thermal Printer 13 16 11 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 14 15 17 12 1 2 3...

Page 36: ...ntact delta 1 15 ms 8 Breaker contact stroke was measured as 7 08inches 9 Contact velocity calculation was 8 18 feet per second 10 Contact over travel distance was measured as 0 33 inches 11 Contact b...

Page 37: ...ST RESULTS 2 PLOT FULL CHART 3 PLOT EXPANSION 4 PLOT 0 200 MS 2 PLOT FULL CHART PRESS 2 KEY SELECT PRINTER 1 INTERNAL THERMAL 2 EXTERNAL INK JET 3 SELECT THERMAL PRINTER PRESS 1 KEY PLEASE WAIT PLOTTI...

Page 38: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 37 Figure 12 0 Typical Graphic Result Printed on Thermal Printer Contact Trace Travel Trace Initiate Current Trace Analog Voltage Channel V1...

Page 39: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 38 Figure 13 0 Expansion Graph From 0 to 300ms Printed on Thermal Printer NOTE Analysis point 1 and point 2 are shown on chart Analysis Point 1 Analysis Point 2...

Page 40: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 39 Figure 14 0 Graphical Interpretation of an Open Timing Shot Figure 15 0 Graphical Interpretation of a Close Timing Shot...

Page 41: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 40 Figure 16 0 Graphical Interpretations of an Open Close and a Close Open Timing Shot...

Page 42: ...2 RECALL SHOT 3 SHOT DIRECTORY 4 ERASE SHOT 3 SELECT SAVE SHOT PRESS 1 KEY SAVE SHOT 002 TEST CLOSE DATE 05 23 07 12 36 ENTER TO PROCEED 4 CONFIRM SAVING SHOT PRESS THE ENTER KEY SAVE IN PROCESS PLEAS...

Page 43: ...OT 2 RESTORE SHOT 3 SHOT DIRECTORY 4 ERASE SHOT 3 SELECT SHORT DIRECTORY PRESS 3 KEY 1 SHORT DIRECTORY 2 FULL DIRECTORY STOP TO QUIT 4 SELECT SHORT DIRECTORY PRESS 1 KEY PRINTING ABBREVIATED DIRECTORY...

Page 44: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 43 Figure 17 0 Printout of the Timing Shot Directory From the Thermal Printer...

Page 45: ...MENT UNITS 3 SAVE RESTORE 4 NEXT PAGE 2 SELECT SAVE RESTORE SHOT PRESS 3 KEY 1 SAVE SHOT 2 RESTORE SHOT 3 SHOT DIRECTORY 4 ERASE SHOT 3 SELECT RESTORE SHOT PRESS 2 KEY ENTER SHOT NUMBER TO BE RESTORED...

Page 46: ...RESS 3 KEY 1 SAVE SHOT 2 RESTORE SHOT 3 SHOT DIRECTORY 4 ERASE SHOT 3 SELECT ERASE SHOT PRESS 4 KEY 1 ERASE SHOT 2 ERASE ALL SHOTS 4 SELECT ERASE SHOT PRESS 1 KEY ENTER SHOT NUMBER TO BE ERASED XXXX E...

Page 47: ...ss the key numbered 2 four times and so on To move the cursor forward press the UP ARROW key To move the cursor backwards use the DOWN ARROW key Use the CLEAR key to enter a space Table 13 0 Entering...

Page 48: ...RATION ACTION DISPLAY 8 ENTER BREAKER MODEL PRESS KEYS 0 9 AND PRESS ENTER KEY SERIAL XXXX TO POSITION ENTER TO ACCEPT 9 ENTER SERIAL NUMBER PRESS KEYS 0 9 AND PRESS ENTER KEY OPERATOR XXXX TO POSITIO...

Page 49: ...e printer Since timing shots are stored in the office computer users can create a database of a breaker s timing history This PC program allows the user to generate and transfer circuit breaker test p...

Page 50: ...rom the close position to the contacts touching or parting positions In the close operation contact wipe is measured from the contacts touching position to the final close position In the open operati...

Page 51: ...ct Point 1 Contact point is the distance from the contact s closed position to the point where it is in transition from the close to open or the open to close position Contact channel 1 will be used f...

Page 52: ...need to operate the breaker again to acquire new contact velocity data after changing the analysis points because the new velocity is then calculated from the travel data stored in memory from the las...

Page 53: ...SETTING 4 TEST PLAN 3 SELECT OPEN TIMING PRESS 1 KEY OPEN ANALYSIS PT 1 1 PERCENT OF STROKE 2 DISTANCE FROM CLOSE 3 CONTACT 1 4 SELECT DISTANCE FROM CLOSE PRESS 2 KEY OPEN ANALYSIS PT 1 DISTANCE FROM...

Page 54: ...S 1 If an entry is not correct re enter the digits until the screen shows the desired numbers then press the ENTER key 2 Analysis Point 1 is 1 00 inch from the fully closed position 3 Analysis Point 2...

Page 55: ...10 07 2 GET RESULTS 20 10 01 3 SETUP 4 DIAGNOSTIC 9 12 Digital Rotary Transducer Selection A rotary transducer requires the user to enter the defined linear distance in millimeters or inches per one d...

Page 56: ...ion where the contact channel is electrically closed Contact wipe or penetration is the distance measured from the contact s first electrically closed position to the final closed latching position Ta...

Page 57: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 56 Figure 18 0 Typical Slow Close Test Report NOTE The breaker s stroke is the sum of the contact touch and contact wipe distances...

Page 58: ...SELECT TRANSDUCER PRESS 3 KEY TRANSDUCER TEST 1 0 00 IN 000 0 2 0 00 IN 000 0 3 0 00 IN 000 0 3 MOVE TRANSDUCER SLIDER TO A KNOWN DISTANCE OBSERVE DISPLAY MOVE TRANSDUCER SLIDER TRANSDUCER TEST 1 5 0...

Page 59: ...K HOOKUP 3 TEST TRANSDUCER 4 NEXT PAGE 2 SELECT CHECK HOOK UP PRESS 2 KEY MAKE SURE BREAKER IS IN CLOSE POSITION THEN PRESS START 3 INITIATE TEST PRESS THE START KEY 1 2 3 C START to RETEST STOP to EX...

Page 60: ...P MENU PRESS 3 KEY 1 ANALYSIS POINT 2 MEASUREMENT UNITS 3 SAVE RESTORE 4 NEXT PAGE 2 SELECT NEXT PAGE PRESS 4 KEY 1 SHOT DESCRIPTION 2 NUMBER OF CHANNELS 3 SET DATE TIME 4 SET PRINT MODE 3 SELECT SET...

Page 61: ...CT SET UP MENU PRESS 3 KEY 1 ANALYSIS POINT 2 MEASUREMENT UNITS 3 SAVE RESTORE 4 NEXT PAGE 2 SELECT NEXT PAGE PRESS 4 KEY 1 SHOT DESCRIPTION 2 NUMBER OF CHANNELS 3 SET DATE TIME 4 NEXT PAGE 3 SELECT N...

Page 62: ...ecting 50Hz or 60 Hz for Contact Time Reading STEP OPERATION ACTION DISPLAY 1 SELECT SET UP MENU PRESS 3 KEY 1 ANALYSIS POINT 2 MEASUREMENT UNITS 3 SAVE RESTORE 4 NEXT PAGE 2 SELECT NEXT PAGE PRESS 4...

Page 63: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 62 Figure 19 0 Typical 50 Hz Tabulated Report Figure 20 0 Typical 60 Hz Tabulated Report Cycle Reading at 50 Hz Cycle Time at 60 Hz...

Page 64: ...e unit The user can always turn on the rest of the timing channels and transducer channels by following the steps in the table below Table 24 0 Channel Configuration STEP OPERATION ACTION DISPLAY 1 SE...

Page 65: ...Y 1 SELECT DIAGNOSTIC PRESS 4 KEY 1 SLOW CLOSE TEST 2 CHECK HOOKUP 3 TEST TRANSDUCER 4 NEXT PAGE 2 SELECT NEXT PAGE PRESS 4 KEY 1 PRINT DATA 2 ENCODER FILTER 3 CONTACT FILTER 3 SELCT PRINT DATA PRESS...

Page 66: ...cer channel data after a specific window This feature allows the user to filter out the unwanted motion picked up by the transducer after the breaker activities have ended The following procedure allo...

Page 67: ...sition time after the resistor contact activity is detected Use the steps below to set contact filtering Table 27 0 Set Contact Filter STEP OPERATION ACTION DISPLAY 1 SELECT DIAGNOSTIC PRESS 4 KEY 1 S...

Page 68: ...7 Figure 22 0 Contact Filter Setting Illustration Filter Setting 1 will select this contact time Filter setting 300 will select this contact time Filter setting 300 will select this contact time Filte...

Page 69: ...trigger cable to the OPEN coil for the OPEN test and CLOSE coil for the CLOSE test This CT 6500 3 will operate as a slave device Set the CT 6500 3 to start a test using EXTERNAL TRIGGER Set the CT 650...

Page 70: ...or Close test Make sure one side of the breaker in not grounded Make sure the breaker operates on the Open or Close test only A dual operation OPEN CLOSE or CLOSE OPEN will result in 0 ms reading Dama...

Page 71: ...See section 9 17 12 Where can one get some thermal paper Call the factory at 909 923 9390 or BG Instruments at 509 893 9881 The CT 6500 uses TP 4 thermal paper In case of an emergency thermal paper ca...

Page 72: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 71 APPENDIX A ITE Circuit Breaker model 14 4K Timing Chart Bounce Back AP1 1 5 AP2 3 5...

Page 73: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 72 APPENDIX B CLOSE OPEN Timing Chart for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14 4K Contact Touch Distance Peak To Peak Travel...

Page 74: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 73 APPENDIX C CLOSE OPEN Tabulated Report for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14 4K...

Page 75: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 74 APPENDIX D OPEN CLOSE Timing Chart for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14 4K...

Page 76: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 75 APPENDIX E OPEN CLOSE Tabulated Report for ITE Circuit Breaker Model 14 4K...

Page 77: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 76 APPENDIX F SIEMENS TCP Breaker Velocity Calculation...

Page 78: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 77 APPENDIX G SIEMENS SPS2 Breaker Velocity Calculation...

Page 79: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 78 APPENDIX H CT 6500 SIEMENS SPS2 Test Plan...

Page 80: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 79 APPENDIX I CT 6500 Transducer Illustration Linear Transducer on an OCB Rotary Transducer on Alstom HE 1014 Circuit Breaker...

Page 81: ...CT 6500 Series 2 Operating Instructions 80 Rotary Transducer on ABB HMB Mechanism Rotary transducer on Federal Pacific Circuit Breaker...

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