RLSwitcher®
Switch reactors with confidence and certainty
Switching reactors can impose a severe duty on the connected system, switching device, and shunt reactor. Due to the relatively small inductive current, the interrupting device attempts to clear at a forced current zero causing current chopping. If the interrupter’s contacts have not separated enough to sustain the system voltage, a re-ignition of the arc will occur. These high magnitude and high frequency re-ignitions can shorten the life of the reactor and the switching device. The Southern States’ RLSwitcher®, with its’ patented interrupter design, minimizes the probability and magnitude of these harmful re-ignitions.
72kV RLSwitcher
The Southern States RLSwitcher® reactor switching device is the first product designed specifically for reactor switching of medium high voltage shunt reactors.
Key features of this product include:
- Special nozzle/contact design resulting in very low probability of re-ignitions
- Reduced turn-to-turn stress on reactor
- Increased reactor life
- Patented Interrupter minimizes probability and magnitude of re-ignitions
- Reduced Turn-to-Turn voltage stress on reactor windings
- Simplified design improves reliability
- Local visual indication of gas pressure provided by color coded temperature compensated gas gauge
- Common gas system with gas density switch with low pressure alarm and low pressure lockout for remote status monitoring
- Compact design can fit is tight spaces
- Makes and breaks circuit in SF6
- Single mechanism spring-open, spring-close mechanism provides reliable long-life performance
- Fully assembled and tested at the factory
- Ships with minimum dis-assembly to minimize installation time
- Southern States 5-year warranty promises trouble free operation