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Arcing horn gap distance

It is enough to avoid overvoltage damages on insulation

materials is creating a low insulated circuit parallel to
insulation material. Arc horns are simple protectjon
methods which working by this principle.

When overvoltage reached to bushings, it causes cracks

while arcing on surface of bushings and also droping-down
on insulations on windings. In order to prevent this, horn-
shaped electrodes are connected paralel to the bushings
on HV lines.

Once the system started arcing because of overvoltage it

goes on arcing under operating voltage too; this is the
Transformer Arching Horn
disadvantage of the system. This causes phase ground
short circuit, It can stop by opening breaker.

When altitude increases, air density drops. Thus, after 1000 m for every 100 m dielectric of air drops %1.5. The
distance between two electrodes for the altitudes between 1000-1500 m should be chosen %15 above the table
below, after 1500 m for each 500 m the distance should be increased %7.5

Here is the arcing horn gap distance:

Insulation Maximum Allowable Arc Horns Distance VDE Safety Distances Between
Voltage Class Working Voltage (kV) 0111/261 (mm) Terminals
(kV)
Phase to Phase to
Phase (mm) Ground (mm)

0,5 0,6 - 15 20

1 115 - 25 40

3 3,6 - 50 65
 10 12 86 110 115

20 24 155 210 215

30 36 220 280 325

60 72,5 400 500 580

110 123 750 900 1000

150 170 830 1100 1150

220 250 1210 1600 1600

300 330 1600 2100 2100

380 420 2300 2900 2900

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