Arguably the most timely release of the year, given the SF6 carbon tax legislation and generally heightened SF6 gas leak management awareness, the OPTImizer2 is an On-Line Circuit Breaker Performance and SF6 Gas Density Monitor that is used for implementing predictive maintenance, maintenance deferral, just-in-time (JIT) maintenance and environmental protection. This intelligent electronic device (IED) monitors the condition of the main contacts, mechanism and
dielectric and logs the following information during CB operation:
- Trip Time (mS) (also known as Opening Time)
- Arc duration (mS) (phase segregated)
- Clearing Time (mS) (also known as Interrupting Time)
- Cumulative I2 x T or I x T on the main contacts (phase segregated) from arcing
- Restrike Occurrence (phase segregated)
- Mechanism opening travel time (mS)
- Mechanism closing travel time (mS)
- Operation Counts