FT & RT

TEST SWITCHES
KEY BENEFITS
The FT Switches and FT Test Plugs have all the features necessary for applications involving the measurement of individual currents and voltages to facilitate testing of substation instrumentation and protection devices from the front of the panel. The make before-break current short circuit feature allows test personnel the convenience of isolating equipment from current transformer circuits. Voltage measurements can be made directly on the FT Switch without disturbing existing connections. There is a test clip provision located on the top of each pole that allows connection with standard spring clip test leads.

APPLICATIONS
FT Test Switches: The ITI FT Test Switches and Test Plugs provide a safe, simple, immediate and reliable method to isolate equipment and measure system current and voltage during field testing and commissioning. RT Rack Mount Test Switches: RT Switch assemblies for rack and switchboard mounting permit convenient isolation of switchboard relays, meters and instruments. RT racks allow quick and easy multi-circuit testing by conventional test methods and for faster installation into switchgear.

FEATURES
FT Test Switches: Built with a maximum of ten individual poles, of potential, current, and current shorting switch units Switches can be assembled in a variety of different arrangements to match customer requirements FT Test plugs are used in conjunction with the FT Switches to enable easy measurement, calibration, verification or maintenance of relay, meters and instruments Protection: With the cover in place, a meter type seal can be placed through either of the cover studs of the FT Switch to prevent unauthorized access Standard black cover only mounts when all switches are in the closed position A clear cover is available that can be installed and locked with the switchblades in the open or closed position RT Rack Mount Test Switches: RT Switches accommodate three FT switches mounted on a 19 wide by 5.22 steel mounting panel Provides up to 30 terminals with three FT combinations Color and finish can be customized Adjustable rack heights for label options Each panel is supplied with the hardware to mount the RT assembly to the 19 rack enclosure The RT assembly will support an FT style test plug Full-length clear cover is standard, full length black cover, individual clear covers, and individual black covers are available Protection: Padlock option available to prevent unauthorized access. Once the full-length clear cover on the RT switch is installed, it prohibits access to the rack mounting screws Individual clear covers offer additional protection consistent with common testing procedures to ensure only correct switch is exposed during testing Optional clear rear shield to prevent inadvertent contact with live rear terminals

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Specifications
Rating The standard FT Switches are rated at 600 volts and 30 Amps. The switch meets or exceeds all requirements of ANSI / IEEE Standard C37.90, UL and cUL recognized. Mounting FT Switches are designed for semi-flush mounting on the front of switchboard panels, facilitating inspection and accessibility. Fasteners Captive fasteners are made of molded plastic with a threaded brass insert for easy cover installation and removal. Switch Poles FT Switches are available in configuration of 1 to a maximum of 10 individual poles or switch units. Each pole identified by letter (A thru J), which is visible along the top of the base from left to right. The individual switch units are of knife blade type. There are three different types of switch units available: potential, current, and current shorting.

Drilling Plan - Inches

NON-SHORTING BLADE SHORTING BLADE Before the shorting blade disengages from the jaw, the bottom cam on blade makes contact with the shorting spring

CURRENT TEST JACK

Weight FT Switch Test Plug

Net lbs. 1.4 1.2

Shipping lbs. 1.6 1.4

SHORTING BLADE

FT Switch Construction The base of the FT Switch is made of black electrical grade plastic material, which provides a tough, insulated enclosure. Barriers are molded into the base (front and rear) to separate the switch units from one another. The barriers provide insulation between poles, and ample space between terminals. Cover FT Switches come with a black opaque cover or a clear see-through cover. Switch covers provide a tough insulated enclosure for the switch and are made from plastic material. The clear cover affords the user the option of leaving switch handles in the open position and replacing the cover while maintaining the provision for a meter type seal when some or all switch handles are in the open position. This feature allows the user to service electrical equipment while still complying with OSHA lockout/tag-out procedures. The clear cover can be ordered separately for retrofit to existing FT Switches. RT racks mounts come standard with a full length clear cover and can be sealed with a meter seal. Padlock option is available. Once secure, the cover prohibits access to rack mounting screws. Additional cover options are available to meet customer requirements.

Switch Handles Switch handles are made of a molded plastic insulating material typically black in color. Red handles can be supplied by replacing the P with T for potential handles and replacing C with R for current handles. Additional colors are available upon request. Each handle has a dovetail indentation to hold a circuit identification label. Knife blade switches can be operated independently, or ganged together with a horizontal interlocking bar, to suit testing needs. A hole runs through the middle of each switch handle to allow insertion of interlocking bars, 2 to 10 switch handles can be mechanically tied together.

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Terminals Connection terminals are located at the rear of the switch and can be either screw or stud type. Terminals are numbered 1 thru 20 for easy identification. Each pair of numbered terminals is associated with a matching pole designated by a letter on the front of the switch.

In-Service Test Plug Provision is made only on current poles with shorting springs to automatically short-circuit current transformer circuits when the knife switches are opened prior to inserting the Test Plug. This Test Plug is typically used to connect devices measuring the currents and voltages being applied to the switchboard relays, meters and instruments without interrupting or shortcircuiting the circuit. Only the current test switches with the current jack must be opened before inserting the Series Test Plug. Connections to the test plug must be made before inserting the test plug into the FT Switch. Before inserting the Test Plug, all switches that are opposite bi-conductor paddle switchblades must be placed in the full open position.

Test Plugs The Test Plug with a maximum of 10 positions is designed to match the pole configuration of specific styles of FT Switchs. Not every switch or relay pole configuration is suitable to accept a Test Plug. For available styles, see switch selection tables. The Test Plug is typically used to connect devices measuring the current and voltages being applied to the switchboard relays, meters and instruments without interrupting or shortcircuiting the circuit. Only the current test switches with the current jack must be opened before inserting the Series Test Plug. Connections to the test plug must be made before inserting the test plug into the FT Switch.

POTENTIAL PARALLEL CONNECTION

CURRENT SERIES CONNECTION

BI-CONDUCTOR PADDLE

POTENTIAL STAB

CURRENT BINDING POSTS

POTENTIAL BINDING SCREW

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Non Standard FT Style Switch Selector

Step 1 The Switch body can support 1 to 10 poles in slot marked A through J Enter a letter from the legend. Leave unused slots blank.

A
Position:

Example:

A P

D R

E C

H P

I P

J P

C- -C

R - -R

Legend P=Potential, Black T=Potential, Red C=Current, Non-shorting, Black C-C or C-C-C- or C-C-C-C = Current , Shorting, Black R-R, R-R-R, R-R-R-R = Current, Non-shorting, Red Additional colors available (Note: some functions will require more than one slot in the switch body)

Step 2

(Optional) If a tie bar is required then check this box and draw a dark heavy line over the poles to be joined. (In the example above positions H, I and J will operate together.) Select a cover style Clear (installs over open closed switches) Black (installs only over closed switches)

Step 3

Step 4

Select a rear terminal type Screws (Standard) Or Studs

Factory Use Only Catalog Number Assignment______________________

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Catalog Number for FT Style Switches Configurations - Guide FT C - 074 S

FT Switch

Cover
Black -------- (Blank) Clear -------- C

Configuration
See website, www.GEDigitalEnergy.com

Terminals
Screws ------ (Blank) Studs -------- S

Catalog Number for RT Style Rack Mount Switches

Left 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Center 10 11 12 Right 13 14

RT Rack Mount Test Switch Configurations - Guide

RT2GG066084125
RT-19 Rack Terminal Connectors
*Screw ---------- T Stud ----------- S

Panel Height
2 rack unit, 3.47 3 rack unit, 5.22 X=3 rack unit, with switches mounted low on panel. 4 rack unit, 6.97

Color
*ANSI 61 ------- G ANSI 70 ------- A Brush Al ------- B Black Al ------- C

Cover
Full Length Clear ------------------ G 3 Individual Clear Covers --------- A 3 Individual Black Covers --------- B Full Length Black ------------------ C

Position # (As viewed from front)**

Left Center Right 000 = Blank * Denotes standard configuration ** See on-line configurator for 3 digit codes @ www.GEITI.com

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Dimensional Drawing - Type FT Test Switch Black cover and screw terminals

Clear cover and stud terminals

Typical FT Switch Connection Schematic using an FT-76 switch

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RT Mounting Racks
5.22

0.58

3.73 2.25 1.48 5.22

19.0

0.13

Side & Top View of Plastic Cover

OPTIONAL RT MOUNTING RACKS

2 Rack Unit

3 Rack Unit

Side View (Switch & Cover)

3 Rack Unit (Low)

4 Rack Unit

THIS VIEW TYPICAL FOR ALL 3 ITEMS

Top View (Switch & Cover)

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INDIVIDUAL FT SWITCH NUMBER

SWITCH CONFIGURATION POLES TOTAL V A P=POTENTIAL * C=CURRENT (NON-SHORTING) * C-C=CURRENT (SHORTING) TEST PLUG NUMBER

-001 -002 -003 -004 -005 -006 -007 -008 -009 -010 -011 -012 -013 -014 -015 -016 -017 -018 -019 -020 -021 -022 -023 -024 -025 -026 -027 -028 -029 -030 -031 -032 -033 -034 -035 -036 -037 -038 -039 -040 -041 -042 -043 -044 -045 -046 -047 -048 -049 -050

2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 5 3 3 1 0 6 6 6 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 4 4 4

0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 4 0 2 2 4 5 0 0 0 2 3 4 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 4

P P C C C C C C P P C C C P C P P P P P P P P P C P P P P

P P P P P

P P

P P P P P P C C C C C C C C C C P C C C C P P P C C P P P P P C P P C P P C C C C C C C C P P P P P C P P C C P P P C P C C C C P P P C C C C C C C P P P P C P P P C C P P P P C P C P P C

P C C P P C C P P

TP-109 TP-109 TP-106 TP-107 TP-101 TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-101 TP-101 TP-108 TP-102 TP-109 TP-101 TP-108

P P P C P P P P P C

P C C C C C C C C

TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-101 TP-102 TP-102

P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P

P P P

P P P

P P C P P P C P P P P P P P

P C C P C P P P P P

C C C P P P P P P P

C C C C

C C C P P P

TP-103 TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-101 TP-107 TP-106 TP-113 TP-102 TP-102 TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-101 TP-106 TP-102 TP-110

P P P P

P P P C

P P P P P P P P P P P P P

C C C C C P P C C C C

C C C P P P P P C C C P P P P C C C C

C C

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SWITCH CONFIGURATION INDIVIDUAL FT SWITCH NUMBER POLES TOTAL V A P=POTENTIAL * C=CURRENT (NON-SHORTING) * C-C=CURRENT (SHORTING) TEST PLUG NUMBER

-051 -052 -053 -054 -055 -056 -057 -058 -059 -060 -061 -062 -063 -064 -065 -066 -067 -068 -069 -070 -071 -072 -073 -074 -075 -076 -077 -078 -079* -080 -081 -082 -083 -084 -085 -086 -087 -088 -089 -090 -091 -092 -093 -094 -095 -096 -097 -098 -099 -100

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 6 6 8 9 9 10 10 10

4 4 4 4 2 6 2 6 1 7 0 8 0 8 0 8 9 0 9 0 6 3 5 4 5 4 3 6 0 9 10 0 9 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 4 6 4 6 3 7 2 8 2 8 2 8 1 9 0 10 0 10 10 0 4 6 2 8 3L 7 4 6 2 8 0 10 9 0 2 6 6 0 4 2 0 8 3 6 3 6 4 6 4 6 10 0

C C C

P C

P P P P P P C P C P P P P P C P P P P P C C C C P-T P C L P P C P C P P C P P C C P

C C C P P P P P P C P P P P P P C C P C P C C C C C C P-T P C C P P C P C P P C P P C C P

C P C C C C C C P P P P C P P P P P P C C P C C C C C C C C P C C P C C P C P P P P C C P

P P C C C C C C P P P P P C C P P P P P C P C C P C C C C C C C P-T P C L C C C P C P C C C C C P

P C C C C C P P P C C P P P P P C P P C C C C C C C C C P-T C C C C C C P C P C C C C C C P

C C C C C C P P C C C C P P P P C P P P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C P C P P C C C C C P

P C C C C C C C P P C C C C C P P P C C P P P C P C C C C C C C P-T C C L C C C P

C C P C C C C P P C C C C C P P C C C C C P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C P P

C C P P C C C C P P C C C C C P P C C C C C P C C C C C P C C C P-T C P C C C C P

P P P C

TP-105 TP-102 TP-108 TP-108 TP-111

P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P C C C P C

TP-111 TP-109 TP-109 TP-102 TP-102 TP-103 TP-109 TP-101 TP-102 TP-104 TP-105 TP-112 TP-111 TP-111

TP-112 C C P

TP-114 TP-114 TP-115

C C C P T P

C C P T P

C C C P T T

C C P T T

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SWITCH CONFIGURATION INDIVIDUAL FT SWITCH NUMBER POLES TOTAL V A P=POTENTIAL * C=CURRENT (NON-SHORTING) * C-C=CURRENT (SHORTING) TEST PLUG NUMBER

-101 -102 -103 -104 -105 -106 -107 -108 -109 -110 -111 -112 -113 -114 -115 -116 -117 -118 -119 -120 -121 -122 -123 -124 -125 -126 -127 -128 -129 -130 -131 -132 -133 -134 -135 -136 -137 -138 -139 -140 -141 -142 -143 -144 -145 -146 -147 -148 -149 -150

10 10 9 10 7 3 10 9 2 6 10 10 10 10 6 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 7 10 4 10 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 10 10 8 8 6 10 10 4 10 10 10 10 10 4 10 10

10 0 0 10 9 0 8 2 0 7 3 0 4 6 3 6 2 0 0 6 10 0 10 0 2 8 10 0 6 0 10 0 10 0 2 8 2 8 8 0 10 0 6 4 7 0 2 8 4 0 6 4 6 0 4 6 10 0 2 8 4 6 4 6 6 4 6 0 2 8 10 0 0 8 4 4 6 0 0 10 2 8 0 4 10 0 8 2 1 9 4 6 10 0 4 0 10 0 10 0

T R T P T P P T C P P P T T P P C P T T P T T T C P O C P P R R P R P T R P P C C P P T P

T R T P

P R T P C P P C P P C T T P P C C P P C P C T C P O C P P R R P R T R R R P T C T P T P

P R T P C C C C P P C T T T P C C P P P P C C T R O C P P R R P R R T R R R P T C C P P T P

P R P C T C C C P P C T T P C C P C C T T R O C R O P P P P R R R R P T C C T P T T

P R T P C C C C P P C T P P C C P P C T T R O C R O P P P P R R R P T C C T P T T

P R T C C C C

P R T C C C C

P R T P C C C

P R T P T T T

TP-109

P P C P P C T T P P C C T T P T T T C P O C P P R R P R P T R P R P C C P P T P

P P C T P T C C P P C C T T R O C R O P P R P R R R R P T C C T P T T

T P C T P T C C P P P P C T T R O B R O P P R P R

P P C T T P P T C P T C P C T T R O P R O P P R T R P T R R T T C C T T P

T T T T T P P T T P T P P C T T P O P R O P P R T R P T R R T T T T T T P

TP-109 TP-109 TP-111 TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-111 TP-111 TP-109 TP-109 TP-111 TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-112 TP-109 TP-112

R R T T C C T T T

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SWITCH CONFIGURATION INDIVIDUAL FT SWITCH NUMBER POLES TOTAL V A P=POTENTIAL * C=CURRENT (NON-SHORTING) * C-C=CURRENT (SHORTING) TEST PLUG NUMBER

-151 -152 -153 -154 -155 -156 -157 -158 -159 -160 -161 -162 -163 -164 -165 -166 -167 -168 -169 -170 -171 -172 -173 -174 -175 -176 -177 -178 -179 -180 -181 -182 -183 -184 -185 -186 -187 -188 -189 -190

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

10 0 2 8 3 7 4 6 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 8 4 4 8 2 2 8 10 0 1 9 10 0 10 0 10 0 1 4 6 4 4 6 10 0 6 4 0 10 0 10 4 6 10 0 10 0 10 0 4 6 4 6

P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P

T C P C T T T T T T T T T T T T R C R Y C P P O C C T T C C C C B T T T C

C T Y C P P O C T P C C C C B T T T C

P C C C P P P T T T T T T T P T R R P R Y C T T O T T P T C C C B T T T C

P C C C P P P P P P P P T T P T R P P R Y C T T O C P T P P C C C B T T C C

T C C C P P P P P P P T T T T T R R P R Y C T T O P P C P P C C P B T P C C

P C C C P P P P P P T T P T P P R P P R Y C T T Y C P C P P C C P B T P C C

P C C C P P P P P T T T T T P P R R P R Y C T T Y T C P T C C P B P P C P

T C C P P P T P T T T T T T P P R P P R Y C T T Y C P C P P C C P B P P C P

P C C P P T T T T T T T T T P P R R P R Y C P P Y C C T C C C C T P P C P

P P T P T T T T T T T T T T T P P P T Y P P P Y C C P C C C C P P P T T

TP-111 TP-111

TP-111

TP-111 TP-109

TP-109 TP-109

TP-109

TP-109 TP-109 TP-109 TP-112

CO = Current Non-shorting - orange handle P = POTENTIAL- black handle CY = Current Non-shorting - yellow handle T = POTENTIAL- red handle C = Current Non-shorting - black handle CG = Current Non-shorting - green handle R = Current Non-shorting - red handle CB = Current Non-shorting - blue handle C-C = Current shorting - black handle CW = Current Non-shorting - White handle R-R = Current shorting - red handle CO-CO = Current shorting - orange handle O = POTENTIAL- orange handle CY-CY = Current shorting - yellow handle Y = POTENTIAL- yellow handle CG-CG = Current shorting - green handle G = POTENTIAL- green handle CB-CB = Current shorting - blue handle CW-CW = Current shorting - white handle B = POTENTIAL- blue handle W = POTENTIAL- white handle * = SHORT CIRCUIT WITHOUT JAW OR BLADE AT POSITION "H" = FT-79* FT-85 APPEAR SIMILAR EXCEPT THAT FT-79 IS SHORT CIRCUIT WITHOUT JAW OR BLADE AT POSITION "H"

Note: Selection Chart does not include all possible configurations

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