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PAM is coming.

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Do you know PAM?

Megger is officially launching the PAM400 series phase-angle and multi-function meters.

The PAM400 series was developed, mainly, to replace the PAM360E phase-angle meter. The second unit in the series, the PAM420, has additional measuring functions, making it not only a phase angle meter but also a multi-function meter that includes a timing function.

The PAM420 and PAM410 are designed to fa­cilitate testing of, first of all, directional relay protection systems—for example different types of distance protection, impedance relays, directional over current protection, directional earth fault protec­tion etc.

Talk to your Megger rep about PAM today.

Understanding the Elements of Relay and System Protection an event by Megger

Understanding the Elements of Relay and System Protection by Megger

At an important pre-conference event to complement this year’s Texas A&M Relay Conference, and 2012 Georgia Tech Protective Relay Conference, Megger is offering a unique opportunity for those attending to enhance their knowledge of protective relay testing by participating in a hands-on class that teaches advanced techniques using the latest test equipment. The event will be conducted by at team of Megger’s renowned experts, all of whom have extensive practical experience of protective relay systems.

Designed to show those attending how to develop effective, practical, techniques for the wide range of protection systems currently in use, the event will cover the testing of reclosing, directional overcurrent and power, distance, frequency, undervoltage and overvoltage, and differential protection elements. It will feature the new SMRT36 three-phase and SMRT1 single-phase next-generation “smart” relay test sets, as well as the intuitive STVI Smart Touch View Interface relay test set controller.

The expert presenters at the Megger event are Jason Bueno, a specialist in protective relay evaluation and testing and a participating member of the IEEE Power Systems Relaying Committee; Rene Aguilar, a specialist in numerical protection relays and IEC 61850 technology, who is also an IEEE Power Systems Relaying Committee member; Jammie Lee, who has over ten years’ experience of working in relay protection and control design, with particular expertise in electromechanical relays; and Alex Lindemeier who has an established track record in the testing and commissioning of electrical schemes, and has been with Megger since 2009.

Megger’s essential pre-conference event, “Understanding the Elements of Relay and System Protection Testing”, will be held on April 2 and runs from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The venue is College Station Hilton, Mockingbird Rooms C/D, College Station, TX. Advance registration is required for this event. To register, please visit http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1071703.

Or you can attend our event in Atlanta, Georgia April 24th. It will be held at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference center and runs from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. You can register at http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1076057.

Jason Buneo Showcases the Powerful SMRT at Megger’s Booth #4355!

Recorded at Megger’s Booth #4355 at Distributech in San Antonio on January 24, 2012:

Megger’s New SMRT 36 – The Smart Solution For Protective Relay Testing

Smaller, lighter and with a higher output power than any other comparable three-phase instrument, Megger’s new SMRT 36 smart protective relay test set is ideally suited not only for testing today’s installations and legacy plant, but also for meeting the future challenges associated with testing the smart grid.

 

Marking the advent of Megger’s fourth generation of automated relay test sets, the SMRT 36 leverages the company’s patented developments to produce an instrument that offers higher output current, higher output power and greater precision than its predecessors, while addressing user demands for reduced size and weight – it weighs in at just 26lbs (12 kg).

 

The SMRT Power Box is specifically designed to test protective relays that are used in conjunction with CTs having 1 A and 5 A secondaries. It combines the capacity to simulate high current faults with the amplifier precision needed to satisfy even the most demanding requirements. The instrument has three current output channels, plus three convertible channels that can be configured as either voltage or current outputs. This makes it possible, for example, to test numerical current differential relays that require six currents.

 

Its patented design allows the SMRT 36 to deliver high power in both the voltage and current channels as needed in high-burden applications, such as testing electromechanical relays. The unique Constant Power Output of the current amplifiers produces a compliance voltage of 50 V at up to 4 A (200 VA_rms), and maintains 200 VA output power up to 30 A. Two current outputs can be series connected to double the compliance voltage to 100 V and provide a constant 400 VA output power at 4 A and up.

 

To facilitate panel testing, and the testing of high-burden electromechanical distance protection relays, the high constant power output is also available from the new PowerV voltage amplifiers. From 30 V to 150 V, these deliver a constant 150 VA, providing high current output at “difficult” low test voltages.

 

Of equal benefit is high current output capability. The new SMRT current amplifiers can deliver 30 A per phase continuous and up to 60 A per phase for short durations. For instantaneous overcurrent test applications, the SMRT 36 can provide up to 180 A at high power.

 

Megger’s new SMRT 36 protection relay test set can be controlled manually with the optional Smart Touch View Interface^TM (STVI), which provides a simple way of testing even the most complex relays. The STVI, with its large full-color high-resolution touch screen, allows users to perform manual, steady-state and dynamic tests quickly and easily, and has built-in preset test routines for most popular relays.

 

For fully automated testing, the SMRT is supplied as standard with AVTS, Megger’s advanced visual test software package. Contact us today at marcom@megger.com to get a copy of the latest SMRT Brochure.