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Vacuum Interrupter
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For your safety, please read user's manual thoroughly before operating. Contact the nearest authorized service facility for examination, repair, or adjustment. Please contact qualified service technician when you need maintenance. Do not disassemble or repair by yourself!

Safety Instructions

Any maintenance and inspection shall be performed by the personnel having expertise concerned.

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Electric Equipment

Specifications in this catalog are subject to change without notice due to continuous product development and improvement.

2003. 12

Vacuum Interrupter(E) 2003. 12/(01) 2003. 12 Printed in Korea STAFF

Structure
The internal components of a typical vacuum Interrupter are shown in Figure1. LG Vacuum Interrupter consists of a ceramic insulator, two end plates, arc shield, bellows, a movable and fixed electrode, and contact set. The ambient gas pressure within the evacuated tube is approximately 10-6 torr.

Features
Small Size and Light Weight High performance, reliability, and long life are assured. Maintains High Vacuum High-alumina ceramics provide superior mechanical strength and easy degassing. High speed interruption and short arcing time. The LG Vacuum Interrupter can meet all IEC, ANSI and NEMA performance standards.

Movable electrode
Current path

Bushing Movable end plate Seal cup

Figure 2. Current flow and driving force on arc for spiral contact Driving force on the high current ARC ARC

Bellows

In the closed position, normal current flows through the interrupter. When a fault occurs and interruption is required, the contacts are quickly separated. The arc drawn between the surfaces of contacts is rapidly moved around the slotted contact surface by selfinduced magnetic effects, preventing gross contact erosion and the formation of hot spot on the surface. The arc burns in an ionized metal vapor, which condenses on the surrounding metal shield. At current zero the arc extinguishes and vapor production ceases. The metal vapor plasma is very rapidly dispersed, cooled, recombined, and deionized, and the metal vapor products are quickly condensed so that the contacts withstand the transient recovery voltage.

Bellows shield
() Weld () Bridge explosion () Contact jets () Shield involvement () Arc instability () Interruption

Ceramic

ARC shield

Arc initiation

High current arc mode

Current zero

Contact

Fault current Time (ms) Time ()

Recovery voltage

End shield Fixed end

Figure 3. AC arcing and interruption phenomena in vacuum.

Voltage Phenomena () Arc reignition () Restrikes () B. I. L () A. C. voltage withstand

Fixed electrode
Figure 1. Vacuum Interrupter Schematic

Ratings and specifications

Type LV-07040 LV-07080B LV-07130 LV-07201 LV-07251 LV-07252 LV-07312 LV-07403A(B) LV-24121 LV-24252 LV-25313

Outer view

Rated voltage (kV) Rated power frequency withstand voltage (kV, rms) Rated impulse withstand voltage (kV, crest) Electrical ratings Rated frequency (Hz) Rated normal current (Amp) Rated short circuit current (Sym.) (kA) Rated short circuit making current (kA, peak) Rated duration of short-circuit (sec) Interrupter weight (kg) Moving part weight (kg) Mechanical data Outline dimension (mm) a b c Contact stroke (mm) Opening speed, average 0 to 90% of full stroke (m/s) Overtravel during opening, Max. (mm) Closing speed, average last 20% of full stroke (m/s) Mechanical requirements Contact bounce duration, Max. (sec) Added force from atmospheric pressure (kgf) Contact force from atmospheric pressure (kgf) Contact erosion limit (mm) Mechanical life (Operations)

3.6 11.5 60 50/60 400 4.5 0.48 0.19 114 78 62 3 0.6 1 0.3 0.002 5 9 1 100

7.2 20

7.2 20 60 50/60 630 8 20 3 0.83 0.4 132 89 62

7.2 20 60 50/60 630 12.5 32 3 0.85 0.4 132 102 62 6 0.71.0 2 0.71.0 0.002 80 9.1 3 3

7.2 20 60 50/60 1,250 20 50 3

7.2 20 60

12 28 95 50/60 1,250

15 36

7.2 20 60

12 28 95 50/60 2,000

15 36

7.2 12 20 28 60

12 17.5 7.2 12 36 95 50 20 60 28

15 17.5 36 50 95

24 50 125 50/60 1,250 12.5 32 3 2.6 0.62 246 173.5 95

24 50 125 50/60 2,000 25 62.5 3 4.9 1 270 225 103 17

25.8

24

25.8 50 125 50/60 3,150 31.5 79 3 6.1 1.7 272 213 135 17 1.01.3 1.5 1.01.3 0.002 306 25 3 1 SF6 Gas

50/60 2,000 31.5 79 3 4 0.9 230 181 103

50/60 3,150 40 100 3 6.05 1.7 247(272) 213 135 12 8 1.0 3 0.71.0 0.002 367 26 3 12 1.2 1.5

25 63 3 1.9 0.7 209 169 79 8 1 2 0.71.0 0.002 227 15.9 3 3

20 50

25 63 3 3.9 0.84 230 181 103

1.8 0.6 209 152 79 8 0.7~1.0 2 0.7~1.0 0.002 154 15.9 3 3

6 0.71.0 2 0.71.0 0.002 50 9.1 3 3

12

10 1.01.3 1.5 0.71.0 0.002

17 1.01.3 2 0.71.0 0.002 80 15.9 3

1.01.3 0.71.0 2

0.71.0 1.01.3 1.2~1.6 0.7 1.0 3 0.71.0 0.002 306 16.8 3

1.01.3 1.5 0.71.0 0.002 227 16.8 3 1

154

227 16.8 3

Dimensions
LV-07040 LV-07080B LV-07130 LV-07312A LV-07403B LV-24121A

LV-07201

LV-07251

LV-07252

LV-24252A

LV-25313

Ordering Information LV 07 08 0 A

Basic Type L LG

Revision No.

Vacuum V Interrupter

Rated Voltage 7.2kV 07 24 12kV 15kV 24kV

Rated Short Circuit Current 04 4.5kA 08 8kA 12 12.5kA 20 20kA 25 25kA 31 31.5kA 40 40kA

Ampere 0 1 2 3 Below 630A 1250A 2000A 3150A