Substation maintenance is a key part of any plant's maintenance program. Failures in key components such as racking mechanisms, meters, relays and buses are the most common cause of unplanned outages. Power transformer failures may result in significant downtime and long delays in equipment replacement. Most of these failures can be detected and prevented. Having skilled substation maintenance technicians is essential to equipment reliability.
Location
Various Locations
United States
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Course Duration: 4.5 days
Credits: 3.6 CEUs
Level of Involvement: Hands-on
Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, the final day ends at 12:00pm
Locations: Dallas, TX; Pasadena, CA; Portland, OR; Valley Forge, PA
Course Number: 231
Tuition USD: $ 1770
Substation maintenance is a key part of any plant's maintenance program. Failures in key components such as racking mechanisms, meters, relays and buses are the most common cause of unplanned outages. Power transformer failures may result in significant downtime and long delays in equipment replacement. Most of these failures can be detected and prevented. Having skilled substation maintenance technicians is essential to equipment reliability.
Learning Objectives
• Identify safe work procedures
• Explain the configuration and function of common equipment found in a substation
• Identify components of air, oil and vacuum circuit breakers, and metal-clad switchgear (including switchyard equipment)
• Perform and interpret results of insulation resistance and contact resistance tests on medium-voltage circuit breakers and switchgear
• Perform overpotential and vacuum integrity tests, measurements and make adjustments to medium-voltage circuit breakers
• Perform and interpret results of a tank loss index test on an oil circuit breaker (as needed)
Who Should Attend
This hands-on course is intended for apprentices, technicians and engineers responsible for the maintenance and testing of industrial and utility substations.
Requirements
This course requires working knowledge of basic electricity. Students must wear long pants and safety toe shoes to complete the lab portion of this course. No shorts or sandals will be allowed.
**This course is available in both English and Spanish.
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