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Specifications
Used for higher current testing on Size 1 CONNEX-equipped switchgear, transformers and transducers, and for applying earthing cables through a CONNEX interface. Commonly required alongside the Size 0 unit where a site carries mixed CONNEX interface sizes.
Megavar holds CONNEX test accessories across more than one size, so we can send the right one first time. Tell us the switchgear make and model if the interface size is not clear from your drawings and we will work it out with you rather than guess from a catalogue.
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Megavar engineers use this unit on commissioning projects across Australia. Hire it from a team that knows it inside out.
All Megavar test equipment is maintained under a documented calibration programme. Instruments are calibrated either by external calibration laboratories or in-house against reference standards that are themselves laboratory-calibrated, with measurement traceable to Australian national measurement standards held by the National Measurement Institute. A current calibration certificate is available on request. If your project requires a specific calibration interval, test standard, or documentation for a client submission, tell us at enquiry on 1300 730 499 and we will confirm what applies before you commit.
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It performs the same job as the Size 0 unit, a bolted current injection and earthing point through a CONNEX socket, on plant fitted with the Size 1 CONNEX interface. Typical uses are primary injection, current ratio checks and earth bond measurement on switchgear, transformers and transducers.
Nominal current 630 A and a maximum testing voltage of 2 kV, per PFISTERER datasheet 827 181 011. It weighs 1.3 kg, extends 45 mm outside the socket and has a 95 mm pitch circle diameter.
Interface size and current rating. Size 0 fits a Size 0 CONNEX socket and is rated 250 A; Size 1 fits a Size 1 socket and is rated 630 A. Both share the same 2 kV maximum testing voltage and the same M12 terminal stud.
No. It is a current testing and earthing connector with a 2 kV maximum testing voltage. Withstand and insulation testing on CONNEX plant uses the Size 2 or Size 3 test and transition connector, rated 42 kV maximum system voltage.
Yes. It is rated for indoor and outdoor use from minus 25 to plus 50 degrees Celsius ambient.
The PFISTERER CONNEX grounding and current testing connector, Size 1, article number 827 181 011, with its protective cap where supplied. If your site carries both Size 0 and Size 1 interfaces, hire both units together and tell us the switchgear make and model so the right sizes go out first time.
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