INTRODUCTION TO

LHB AC OPERATION
DIPAK ROY, Sr.E.I
POWER CAR OPERATION
SWITCH BOARD CABINET OPERATION
AC PARALLELING
DC PARALLELING

CONTENTS:
THE POWER CARS ARE GENERALLY HAVING D.G. SETS
MADE BY CUMMINS INDIA LTD. OR GREAVES COTTON
LTD.
EACH POWER CAR IS HAVING 02(TWO) NOS. DG SETS
OF 500 KVA CAPACITY.
RATED FULL LOAD APMS 395 A.
EACH POWER CAR IS HAVING 3 NOS.
60 KVA STEP DOWN TRANSFORMER.
3 x 8 (24 V)VDC STARTING BATTERY FOR EACH DG
SET.
STARTER BATTERY CHARGER(50 A) FOR CHARGING
STARTING BATTERY.

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1)SWITCH ON THE DC EMERGENCY LIGHTS FROM
THE SWITCH BOARD CABINET.

2)GO TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND VISUALLY CHECK THE

LUBE OIL LEVEL AND COOLANT LEVEL OF THE DG SETS
INCLUDING OTHER POINTS OF ‘A’ CHECK.

3)KEEP THE PLANT SELECTOR SWITCH ON THE DG PANEL TO A+B

POSITION AND SWITCH ON THE 24 V DC ROTARY SWITCH.

4)SWITCH ON THE ROTARY FOR BATTERY CHARGER

5)SWITCH ON THE DC ISOLATOR SWITCH OF THE DG SET(SET A

OR B)

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6)CHECK FOR DISPLAY ON OF THE ENGINE DISPLAY

7)SET AUTO MODE IN OPTION AVAILABLE ON DISPLAY.

8)ON THE DG PANEL PRESS THE PUSH BUTTON OF

‘ENGINE ON’ TILL ENGINE CRANKS.

9)CHECK FOR 750 V OUTPUT VOLTAGE IN ALL THE 3

PHASE IN VOLTMETER/MULTI FUNCTION METER ON DG
PANEL.

10)CHARGE AND SWITCH ON THE AIR CIRCUIT BREAKER.

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11)PRESS THE ‘TRANSFORMER ON’ PUSH BUTTON

12)GO TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND PRESS THE

‘RADIATOR ON’ , ‘VENTILLATION 1 ON’ AND ‘VENTILLATION 2
ON’ PUSH BUTTON ON THE RADIATOR CONTROLL PANEL AND
CHECK FOR PHYSICAL ROTATION OF THE RADIATOR AND
VENTILLATION FAN MOTOR.

13)COME BACK TO THE DG PANEL AND SWITCH ON THE SAFETY

LOOP PUSH BUTTONS(ONE SAFETY LOOP FOR EACH FEEDER)

14)IF DG SET A IS OPERATED,THAN FIRST PRESS THE ‘FEEDER

A ON’ PUSH BUTTON TO GIVE SUPPLY FROM FEEDER A.

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15)IF BOTH FEEDER NEED TO BE OPERATED FROM SAME ENGINE,
SAY SET A,THEN KEEP THE ROTARY POSITION OF PLANT
SELECTOR SWITCH IN A POSITION,PRESS THE ‘BUS COUPLER’
PUSH BUTTON,PRESS THE ‘SAFETY LOOP B ON’ PUSH
BUTTON,PRESS ‘FEEDER B ON’ PUSH BUTTON TO GIVE SUPPLY
FROM FEEDER B ALSO.

16) FOLLOW THE SAME RULE IF ONLY SET B IS OPERATED AND

BOTH FEEDER NEED TO BE GIVEN FROM THE SAME DG SET.

17)IF BOTH THE FEEDER HAS TO GIVEN SEPARATELY FROM DG

SET A AND B ,FOLLOW UPTO STEP 14 FOR ONE DG SET REPEAT
THE SAME FOR OTHER DG SET TOO.KEEP THE PLANT SELECTOR
SWITCH IN A+B POSITION.

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18)POWER SUPPLY IN POWER CAR CAN BE TAKEN
JUST AFTER SWITCHING ON ACB,THEN SELECT
THE NET SELECTOR SWITCH ON THE SWITCH
BOARD CABINET (NET 1 /NET 2)
19)SWITCH ON THE STARTING BATTERY CHARGER
MCB ON THE SWITCH BOARD CABINET TO
CHARGE THE STARTING BATTERIES.
20)NOW EACH OF THE COACH CONNECTED BY
INTER-VEHICULAR COUPLER WILL BE GETTING
750 V AC SUPPLY.

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