Understanding Permissive Over-Reaching Transfer Trip (POTT) Communication Assisted Trip Schemes Video

POTT Protection

Here is the latest video describing the Permissive Under-Reaching Transfer Trip Communication-Assisted Trip Schemes used in modern distance protection. You can follow along with this animation via the Can You Predict What Happens in a Permissive Over-Reaching Transfer Trip (POTT) Scheme? post found under the Testing handbooks / Book Extras

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Understanding Permissive Over-Reaching Transfer Trip (POTT) Communication Assisted Trip Schemes Video

How to Perform an In-Service Protective Relay Meter Test

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In-service protective relay meter tests are THE MOST important tests that should be performed on every digital relay. All of your offline relay testing is meaningless if: The CT/PT ratios are incorrect. The relay isn’t connected to its input signals (CTs/PTs). The relay is looking in the wrong direction. The

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How to Perform an In-Service Protective Relay Meter Test

A New Power Line Carrier Book is Now Available at www.plcexperts.net

Jeffrey Brown reached out to help announce his new book, Power Line Carriers – Simplified: A Field Engineer’s Perspective [pullquote align=”normal” cite=”Jeffrey Brown – www.plcexperts.net”]I would like to Introduce your First and Last Book on Power Line Carriers. Everything a Field Engineer needs to Know when it comes to protecting

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A New Power Line Carrier Book is Now Available at www.plcexperts.net

2018 Hands-On Relay School Enrollment Now Open

Want to get the best relay training possible? Sign up for the 35th annual Hands-On Relay School in Pullman, Washington happening March 12-16, 2018. They fill up fast, so you should sign up today! https://cm.wsu.edu/ehome/index.php?eventid=268868& This is not a paid promotion. We did not, and will not, receive any financial

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2018 Hands-On Relay School Enrollment Now Open

How to Perform Dynamic Relay Testing on Digital Relays

The Relay Testing Handbook: Simplified Motor Relay Testing

If you’ve read anything about relay testing written in the last ten years or so, you’ll see a pattern; No-one is talking about the traditional pickup and timing tests most relay testers (and most automated relay testing software) use to test relays. You are much more likely to read terms

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How to Perform Dynamic Relay Testing on Digital Relays