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1.0 Equipment General Data and Information

Substation
Bay/Panel
Equipment Serial No
2.0 Mechanical Checks and Visual Inspection

Item Description Done Remarks

1. Inspect for physical damage or defects.
2. Check tightness of all bolted connections (torque wrench
method).
3. For multi-unit stacks, check that the physical arrangement
of the units are erected according to the manufacturer’s
specifications.
Check that each arrester is provided with one grounded
pad.
Check the connection between surge arrester and
discharge
4.
Counter stranded copper conductor and check its size.
Check the connection between discharge counter and
grounding grid is stranded copper conductor and check its
size
5. Check nameplate.
6. Check that lighting impulse classifying current of surge
arrester is not less than 10kA.
7. Check that impulse counter and leakage current meter
glasses are not broken or cracked.
Check it is with 5- digit cyclometer dial.
Check it is not resettable and
Check it capable of registering up to 5 discharging per
second.
The scale is 0-50 mA /peak /√2 (nonlinear scale)

3.0 Electrical Tests

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Item Description Done Remarks

1. Check calibration of leakage current ammeter with built-in
Milli- ammeter
2. Insulation resistance test at 5 kV DC.
3. Measurement of dissipation factor (tan δ) of the insulation
system capacitances.

CSD Contractor T&C Contractor

Name
Sign.

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