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On-Line Cable PD Testing
Imagine this: A new hyper-scale data center is built in rural New Jersey. It has more than 100 25 KV cables. Six…
William G. Higinbotham, EA Technology, LLC

Detecting Partial Discharge on Medium-Voltage Cable Accessories
Hydro-Quebec (HQ) is a major Canadian utility that manages the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity to more than 3.8 million…
Michel Trepanier and Claude Tremblay, Hydro-Quebec; Lionel Reynaud, Hydro-Quebec Research Institute; and Mathieu Lachance, OMICRON electronics Canada

Acceptance and Maintenance Testing for Medium-Voltage Electrical Power Cables – Part 1 of 3
As time progresses and a cable system ages, the system’s bulk dielectric strength degrades. During this aging process, artifacts such as…
Thomas D. Sandri, Protec Equipment Resources
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Power Quality, Reliability, and Sophisticated Automated Systems
What do robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), automation, synaptic performance indicators (SPI), and machine learning (ML) have in common? In addition to being buzzwords for the reliability professional to throw around, the reliability world uses these terms to get practitioners to ...
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Specs & Standards
ANSI/NETA Standards Update
ANSI/NETA ATS–2017 Revision Underway ANSI/NETA ATS–2017, Standard for Acceptance Testing Specifications for Electrical Power Equipment & Systems continues an American National Standard revision process that is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020. The new edition will be ...










