IEEE Guide for Acceptance and

Maintenance of Insulating Oil in

Equipment
IEEE C57.106-2006

Table 1
New
Mineral
Insulating
Oil as
Received
from the
Supplier

Color
Visual
Examination
Interfacial
Tension
(dynes/cm)
Neutralization
Number
(mg KOH/g)
Water Content
(ppm)
Power Factor
@25oC (%)
Power Factor
@100oC (%)
Dielectric
Breakdown
Voltage (kV)
DBV, 0.04 gap
(kV)
DBV, 0.08 gap
(kV)
Oxidation
Inhibitor Content

(%)
Type I
Type II
Specific
Gravity
Gas Content
(%)

ASTM
Method
D1500
Max
D1524

Table 3

New Mineral Insulating

Oil Received in New
Equipment, Prior to
Energization

New Mineral
Insulating Oil
Processed from
Equipment, Prior to
Energization

Table 5

Suggested Limits for Continued

Use of Service-Aged Insulating Oil

Class I
69kV

Apparatus Voltage Class or Group

Properties

Table 2

69-230kV

230345kV

345kV

69kV

69-230kV

230kV

Table 6

Table 7

Table 8

Table 9

Table 10

Shipments
of New
Mineral
Insulating
Oil for
OCBs

New OCB
Insulating Oil
After being
Processed, in
Equipment,
Prior to
Energizing

Continued
Use of
ServiceAged OCB
Oil

New
Mineral
Insulating
Oil for
LTC, Prior
to
Energizing

Suggested
Limits for
Continued Use
of ServiceAged
Insulating Oil
for LTCs

OCB

OCB

OCB

LTC

0.5
Clear &
Bright

0.5
Clear &
Bright

LTC
Neutral/69/>69kV

IEEE LIMIT VALUES

0.5
Clear &
Bright

0.5

Unspecified

Clear & Bright

1.0

Clear & Bright

1.0

Unspecified

2.0

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

D971

Min

40

38

38

25

30

32

40

35

25

Unspecified

Unspecified

D974

Max

0.015

0.015

0.015

0.20

0.15

0.10

0.015

0.015

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

D1533B

Max

25

10

35

25

20

25

20

Unspecified

10

40/30/25

D924

Max

0.05

0.05

0.05

0.5

0.5

0.10

1.0

Unspecified

Unspecified

D924

Max

0.30

0.40

0.30

5.0

0.30

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

D877

Min

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

25

Unspecified

Unspecified

D1816

Min

20

25

30

32

35

23

28

30

20

30

20

35

20/25/28

D1816

Min

35

45

52

55

60

40

47

50

35

60

27

55

27/35/45

0.0-0.08
>0.08-0.3

Unspecified

>0.08-0.3

0.0-0.08
>0.08-0.3

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

20

10

D2668

D1298
D3612

Max
Max

0.91
Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

0.09 min, if in original oil

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

0.5
or per manufactuer

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Table 1

IEEE Guide for Acceptance

and Maintenance of
Insulating Oil in Equipment
IEEE C57.106-1991

Shipments of
New Mineral
Insulating
Oil as
Received
from the
Refinery

Table 2

Table 3

Table 4

New Oil Received in

New Equipment

New Oil
Processed
for
Equipment,
Prior to
Filling

New Oil in
Equipment,
After Filling
and
Standing,
Immediately
Prior to
Energizing

Table 5

Suggested Limits for Continued

Use of Service-Aged Insulating Oil

Table 6

Table 7

Table 8

Table 9

Suggeted Limits
for Oil to be
Reconditioned or
Reclaimed

Shipments of
New Mineral
Insulating
Oils for
Circuit
Breakers

New CB
Oil, After
Processing
and Filling,
Immediately
Prior to
Energizing

Suggested
Limits for
Continued
Use of
ServiceAged CB
Oil

OCB

OCB

OCB

Group I
Apparatus Voltage Class or Group
Properties
Color
Visual
Examination
Interfacial
Tension
(dynes/cm)
Neutralization
Number
(mg KOH/g)
Water Content
(ppm)
Power Factor
@25oC (%)
Power Factor
@100oC (%)
Dielectric
Breakdown
Voltage (kV)
DBV, 0.04
gap (kV)
DBV, 0.08
gap (kV)
Gas Content
(%)

ASTM
Method
D1500
Max
D1524

69kV

Group
II

Group
III

<69kV

69-230kV

345kV

Unspecified

0.5

1.0

1.0

0.5

1.0

Unspecified

Unspecified

0.5

0.5

2.0

Clear &
Bright

Clear &
Bright

Clear &
Bright

Unspecified

Clear &
Bright

Unspecified

Unspecified

Clear &
Bright

Clear &
Bright

No
Excessive
Carbon in
Oil

35

35

40

35

24

26

30

24

16

40

35

25

0.03

Unspecified

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.5

0.03

0.03

Unspecified

35

25

20

Unspecified

35

20

Unspecified

69-288kV

>345kV

IEEE LIMIT VALUES

D971

Min

40

D974

Max

0.03

D1533B

Max

35

25

20

10

20

D924

Max

0.05

0.15

0.10

0.05

0.10

Unspecified

Unspecified

0.05

0.10

1.0

D924

Max

0.30

1.50

1.00

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

0.30

Unspecified

Unspecified

D877

Min

30

30

30

30

30

26

26

26

Unspecified

30

30

25

D1816

Min

Unspecified

20

30

30

30

23

26

26

Unspecified

Unspecified

30

Unspecified

D1816

Min

Unspecified

40

48

60

48

34

45

45

Unspecified

Unspecified

60

Unspecified

D3612

Max

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

Unspecified

0.30

0.5
Unspecified

or per
manufactuer

Unspecified

Unspecified