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Test Modes
of Doble
Test Equipment
 Five Pieces of Information

1) Current

2) Watts Loss

3) Power Factor

4) Capacitance

5) Power Factor Vs. Voltage Characteristic

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 Basic Laws of Electricity

•A Difference in Potential Must Exist Between

Two Points in order for current to flow

•Current Always Returns to It’s

Source!

•Current Always Takes the Path of Least

Resistance

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 Components of Simplified Test Circuits

•Power Source
•Current & Loss Meter
•High-Voltage Test Cable
•Low-Voltage Test Lead
•Insulation Specimen
•Test Ground
•Test Set Operation is Based on the Relative
Positions of the Power Source, Current &
Loss Meter, and the Insulation Specimen
With Respect to the Various Test Leads and
Ground.
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 Basic Test Circuits

•GST - Ground
•GST - Guard
•UST
•GST - Grounded-Specimen Test
•The Grounded Specimen Tests Measures
Current Flowing to Ground via Meter
Circuit
•UST - Ungrounded Specimen Test
•The Ungrounded Specimen Test Measures
Current Flowing to an Ungrounded
(Floating) Meter Circuit
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Simplified Doble Test Circuit

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 Simplified Doble Test Circuit

Grounded-Specimen Test Mode (GST-Ground)

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Simplified Doble Test Circuit

Grounded-Specimen Test Mode (GST-Guard)

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Simplified Doble Test Circuit

Ungrounded Specimen Test Mode (UST)

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 Test Set C2

GST-Gnd Ground
C1 C3
Lead Ground

Low Voltage
Lead
HV Cable
Test Set C2

GST-Guard Ground
C1 C3
Lead Ground

Test Set C2
UST
Ground
C1 C3
Lead Ground

Low Voltage
Gu Lead
ard Current
& Loss
Meter
Simplified Doble Test Circuit

IA IB

IA + IB

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Simplified Doble Test Circuit

IA IB

IA

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Simplified Doble Test Circuit

IA IB

IB

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 Doble Test Circuit
HV Cable

IA IB IC
GST-Ground Red Blue
CA CB CC

High-Voltage
Transformer

Red LV Blue LV Ground

Lead Lead Lead
IA+IB+IC

GUARD
Current & Loss
Meter
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 Simplified Doble Test Circuit
HV Cable

IA IB IC
GST-Guard Red
Ground Blue
CA CB CC
High-Voltage
Transformer

Red LV Lead
Blue LV Ground
Lead Lead
Measure IB+IC

GUARD
Current & Loss
Meter
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 Simplified Doble Test Circuit
HV Cable

IA IB IC
GST-Guard Blue
Ground Red
CA CB CC
High-Voltage
Transformer

Red LV Blue LV Ground

Lead Lead Lead
Measure IA+IC

GUARD

Current & Loss

Meter
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 Simplified Doble Test Circuit
HV Cable

IA IB IC
GST-Guard Red Blue
CA CB CC
High-Voltage
Transformer Red LV Lead

Blue LV Lead
Ground
Lead
Measure IC

GUARD
Current & Loss
Meter
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 Simplified Doble Test Circuit
HV Cable

IA IB IC
UST-Measure Red
Ground Blue
CA CB CC
High-Voltage
Transformer

Red LV Blue LV Ground

Lead Lead Lead
Measure IA

GUARD
METER Do Not Measure IB+IC

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 Simplified Doble Test Circuit
HV Cable

IA IB IC
UST-Measure Red
And Blue
CA CB CC
High-Voltage
Transformer

Red LV Blue LV Ground

Lead Lead Lead
Measure IA+IB

GUARD
METER Do Not Measure IC

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 Doble Test Circuit
HV Cable

IA IB IC
UST-Measure Blue
Ground Red
CA CB CC
High-Voltage
Transformer

Red LV Ground
Blue LV
Lead Lead
Lead
Measure IB

GUARD
METER

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Doble High-Voltage Test Cable
Outboard Pothead

Ground
Terminal
Guard
Terminal
Ground
Shell Guard High-Voltage
Shield Conductor

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High-
Voltage
Test Hook

Guard-to-Ground
High-Voltage-to-Guard
Insulating Sleeve
Insulating Sleeve

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Connecting The
High Voltage Lead:
Right

Acceptable Spacing
Between Guard/Ground
Rings on Hook and
Porcelain Surface

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Connecting The
High Voltage Lead:
Wrong

Not Enough Space Between

Guard/Ground Rings on
Hook and Porcelain Surface

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