Ground Fault
Detector for Utilities
Eagle Eye Power Solution's GFL-1000 ground
fault locator is an essential instrument to pinpoint faulty grounding where
electrical cables have breakage and lost to the ground. The GFL-1000 is an
essential preventative maintenance tool that increases the reliability of
electrical equipment.
A ground fault is an unintentional electrical path between a power source
and a grounded service, and can occur at any time. They often occur when
equipment is damaged or defective. Ground faults often go unnoticed and can
cause problems with plant production processes. Ground faults cause serious
damage to equipment and to production processes, and also create health and
safety risks to personnel.
The Eagle Eye GFL-1000
pinpoints ground faults by accurately measuring grounding resistance and
distributing capacitance. Based on different distributing capacitance, it
selects the right output frequency for testing - enabling it to be used in a
variety of DC systems – including DC systems of high resistance. The GFL-1000
is built based on years of field experience in different DC systems to
fast-detect, track and locate virtual grounding faults saving hours of costly
troubleshooting. The GFL-1000 is particularly useful in any industry where
supply of power for operating measurement, communication and control equipment
is critical – including locomotive, telecom, power utilities and other
industrial facilities.
Utilities commonly use the GFL-1000 to meet NERC compliance. The GFL-1000
is recommended by NERC PRC-005-2 to inspect for unintentional grounds for
Vented Lead-Acid, Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid and NiCad batteries every four
calendar months. In many cases, the first ground that appears on a battery is a
nonissue. Unintentional grounds that appear on the opposite pole become
problematic, and it is up to the user to determine if corrective actions are
needed on detected unintentional DC grounds to reduce any possible consequences.
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