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Finding Lost Revenue Through In-Service Testing
5000 Bird Dog Plus for CT Testing (Ratio/Burden Tests)
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The Bird Dog Plus is the most complete, easy to use CT test product available on the market!
Spinlab has created the most innovative products available to perform meter circuit testing. All 32 failure modes of a meter circuit can be checked with the push of one button.
You will be able to thoroughly evaluate any poly-phase meter circuit in less than 10 minutes.
With regular use, the Bird Dog Plus should pay for itself in less than 2 months in the lost revenue you will find.
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The 5000 Bird Dog Plus CT Tester
- Readings: Voltage, Current, True & Displacement Power Factor, Phase Angles, THD Voltage & Current
- Key Measurements: CT Ratio, CT Burden, & Wiring Verification
- Accuracy: 0.5% for Ratio Testing
- Other Features: Real time Graphical Display, Screen Backlight, Data Storage, Data Upload & Firmware Download
- Cable Sets: Voltage Cable (600V), Duckbill Connector Cable (20 Amp Max), Serial Cable for PC Communications, & Battery Charger
- CDs: Containing CommLink PC Communications Software, SpinGraph SE Graphic Reporting Software, & an additional Meter Circuit Training Presentation
- Ergonomic Carrying Case: For Easy Portability
- Optional Smart Charger: Will Give You 40% Extra Capacity & Allow You to Plug the Unit in Indefinitely. |
6000 Bird Dog Plus--In-Service CT Test & 3 Phase Meter Test for All Meters
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This new and exciting true 3 phase Bird Dog Plus enables you to determine the accuracy of any meter in the field--from Form 1 through Form 17. Electronic sensors allow you to automate the test to gain the highest possible accuracy. The process is fast, simple, and much less expensive than a portable test board for the meter test and still perform ratio & burden tests on your CTs (CT Tester).
List of some of the features the 6000 Bird Dog Plus:
- Meter verification accuracy 0.2% using direct connect
- All probes and sensors pre-connected - no need to connect or disconnect probes
- Live 3 phase vector plot on the screen of the Bird Dog Plus
- Save .pdf files & e-mail reports direct from SpinGraph
- 3 Small I Probes - For all meters--0.75" inside diameter - 0.5 to 100 amps
- Large I Probes - For residential & 3 phase self-contained meters--2" inside diameter - 10 to 1000 amps
- You can also perform a single meter verification test on all CT rated meters
- 3 phase Demand Meter Testing for kW, kVAR, & kVA
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6000-SG1--SpinGraph Report Generation Software
Custom Reporting & Graphing Program
for Windows 95, NT, 98, ME, 2000, XP, & Vista
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SpinGraph Deluxe is a very feature rich report and graphical generation software combining ease of use with a state of the art ODBC database. First upload your data to the PC. Then with the click of a mouse, this SpinGraph Deluxe will take your raw data and turn it into a superior report as illustrated below including:
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Main advantages
- 3 phase vector plot
- 3 phase ratio/burden graph
- lightAccuracy of the meter circuit
- Accuracy of the meter
- System accuracy of your entire site with a 3 phase bar chart |
Load Box--600-LB1
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With the Spinlab Load Box the Bird Dog Plus can perform a ratio burden test every site, even if there is no load or a very light load.
In-service testing is the only way to thoroughly test a meter circuit site. If there is no load or a very light load at the site, a proper ratio / burden test cannot be performed. Now with the Load Box, you can load a CT enough to completely test the meter circuit. Simply take the current cable from the Load Box, wrap it around the CT, switch the Load Box from 10 amps to 50 amps through the CT, and perform a meter circuit test.
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Some additional applications for the Load Box are:
- Checking CT's on the bench before hooking them up in a circuit
- Testing a new installation before a load is applied, saving a later trip back to the site
- Performing a meter verification test using the Bird Dog Plus on no load sites
The load box can be used on any low voltage bar-type or donut CT.
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600-DMG1 CT Demagnetization Circuit
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Many of you have seen a measured ratio test reading of a CT that was not what it should be: For example, a 200:5 CT that measured out to be 212:5 but passed the burden test. This is a magnetized CT. And what can you do about it? Either nothing or change out the CT. Now there is a 3rd option: The Spinlab Demag Circuit used in tandem with the Bird Dog Plus. Of the 32 failure modes of a meter circuit, magnetized CTs are by far the most common ones after installation errors. A magnetized CT can be caused by a lightning strike, ground fault, or open circuiting a CT. With this shoebox size device, you simply attach the duckbill connector to the phase of the test switch you want to demagnetize, turn the unit on, press the Demag button, and in less than 1 minute your CT will be demagnetized. It is that easy, and you don't have to take anything out of service! Never has increasing the accuracy of a CT-metered site been easier.
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Here's more about the Demag circuit:
- Works on any CT - rated site - primary or secondary
- Works on secondary current from 0.2 to 10 amps
- Safety lockouts built in for excessive current, voltage, and temperature readings
- Interfaces directly to the Bird Dog Plus for easy before and after monitoring to prove results
- Compact size and weight allows you to carry it easily from site to site
- Automatically predetermines the extent of the test needed to demagnetize a CT based on load and degree of magnetization
- Demagnetizes a CT normally in less than 1 minute
- No batteries to maintain - works from site power
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