SENTRON ECPD - thoughts?

Hi all, 

I attended an event last week and saw the Siemens SENTRON ECPD on display and was blown away by the technology. 

I think this device has the potential to take circuit protection to the next level.

I'm interested to see what others thoughts are on the technology.

www.siemens.com/.../sentron-ecpd.html

Kind regards, 

Bh. 

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  • Assuming it's not a typo, a breaking capacity of 75 kA is impressive. I guess that means the energy let-though is also much reduced with normal sized PFC ... which could help with a lot of niggling problems e.g. too small c.p.c.s or foil shielded cables.

    I do have a nagging worry about reliance on electronics for this kind of thing though - just one lighting strike just a bit too close (or other EMP of some kind or half a dozen other forms of interference) and it's likely to malfunction - will it fail safe? will it be prone to nuisance tripping?

    Any ability to log running conditions and be able to review the data after an event would be a huge bonus for fault-finding.

       - Andy.

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  • Assuming it's not a typo, a breaking capacity of 75 kA is impressive. I guess that means the energy let-though is also much reduced with normal sized PFC ... which could help with a lot of niggling problems e.g. too small c.p.c.s or foil shielded cables.

    I do have a nagging worry about reliance on electronics for this kind of thing though - just one lighting strike just a bit too close (or other EMP of some kind or half a dozen other forms of interference) and it's likely to malfunction - will it fail safe? will it be prone to nuisance tripping?

    Any ability to log running conditions and be able to review the data after an event would be a huge bonus for fault-finding.

       - Andy.

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