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1. Equipment General Data and Information

Substation
Bay/Panel
Equipment Serial No
2. Visual Inspection
Item Description Done Remarks
1. Inspect for physical damage or defects.
2. Check the current transformer insulation type is as per the Table-
1 in the standard 50-TMSS-01 as per its voltage class and
indoor/outdoor installations.
3. Nameplate:
a. Check that the CT nameplate is provided outside the switchgear
enclosure in addition to CT nameplate with the equipment.
b. Ensure that the nameplate material is stainless steel and it is
fastened to the equipment by stainless steel screws or rivets.
c. Ensure that the nameplate contains the information for all taps
from the highest tap up to the lowest tap including the specified
tap with the following additional information:
i. The words " ***kV Current transformer"
ii. National Grid SA Purchase Order Number and contract No.
/Job Order No. 50-TMSS-01 Rev.**.
d. Check nameplate and information with drawings and
specifications as specified in the Data Schedule.
4. Check the accuracy class for metering application CT as per the
approved design is 0.2 IEC or 0.3 ANSI unless otherwise
specified in the Data Schedule.
5. Ensure that Metering Cores of conventional have Instrument
Security Factor (ISF) less than or equal to 5.
6. For Metal-enclosed Air Insulated and Metal-Clad Gas Insulated
Switchgear 11 kV through 34.5 kV switchgear:
a. Ensure that CTs for bus bar differential and restricted earth fault
(REF) relays are of single-ratio type. Other relaying CTs are of
dual-ratio or multi-ratio as per protection requirement.
7. For Metal-enclosed Air Insulated Switchgear 11 kV through 34.5
kV switchgear:
a. Ring type CT on cable and as part of Circuit breaker spout or
mounted on breaker truck is not acceptable.
8. For Oil-Immersed CT, ensure the followings with the Contractor:
a. The insulating Oil is polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB).
b. The mineral insulating oil conforms to 54-TMSS-01 or 54-
TMSS- 02.
9. a. Check color-coding of secondary wiring is Red, Yellow, Blue, and
Black.
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b. Ensure that the wire color code for CT circuits wiring between
GIS equiment and LCC (Local control cubicle) are identified with
RED, YELLOW, BLUE & BLACK color with necessary ferrules.
c. Ensure that that in GIL(Gas Insulated Line), power transformer,
and in the relay and control panels, the CT circuits wiring color-
coding is as per latest revision of 01-TMSS-01
10. Terminals:
a. Check the degree of protection of enclosure for the secondary
terminal box is as per 01-TMSS-01.
b. Check that Removable cable gland plate is provided on the
terminal box.
c. Ensure that the CT secondary terminals are of non-captive pan
head screw type and accept copper cable of adequate size as
determined by CT sizing calculation with a minimum of 4 mm².
d. The internal Current secondary circuits wiring size in all
relay/control panels shall be 2.5 mm2. The cable sizing
selection of external wiring shall meet the requirements of the
latest revision/amendment of TES-P-119.29 and the project
technical specification requirements PTS.
e. Ensure that the Facility is provided for shorting and grounding of
secondary terminals inside the CT terminal box.
f. Check primary and secondary terminals and polarity are marked
as per applicable standards and protection requirement.
g. Ensure that all wiring are heat and flame retardant, rated 90 °C
maximum operating temperature, rated 600/1000 V, with PVC
insulated, tinned, stranded annealed copper conductor.
h. Check proper lugs have been used on terminations as following:
i. Wires for screw-type with spring-loaded terminal block have
solderless “O” ring tin-plated copper type terminal. Spade/fork
type terminals is not used.
ii. The terminal blocks for CT secondary wiring are of shorting
type, sliding link type (isolating link) type and clearly marked
to indicate the CT's phase and ratio in use. CT's shorting
type terminal blocks provide a ground connection when CT
shorting is applied.
iii. Bypass facility is used whenever CT is wire for more than one
IED.
iv. Short and isolate facility is provided in all CT terminals.
v. Instruction labels are provided for short before isolate.
vi. A clear note in the scheme is provided for short/isolate
arrangements description
i. In the relay panels, shrouds are fitted to all current circuits’
terminal blocks.
j. Check that in the control and relay panels for each CT circuits
nine (9) terminals and proper shorting and isolating
arrangement
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are provided at the entry of relay and control panel or as

specified.
k. Ensure that not more than two (2) terminations are connected to
one side of a terminal block.
l. The designation of terminal Blocks shall be as follows for all
panels from different designers:
 X1-CT: CT Terminal Blocks.
 Suffix A, B, C, etc. can be used for different CT cores in the
bay.
m.Ensure that the CT circuits to all relays are isolated through
test switches that facilitate shorting of the CTs and are clearly
labeled. Test facilities are mounted on the front of the rack. No
External Device or preparation works are required to short the
CT when the Test Plug is inserted-in.
n. CT wiring is bundled separately.
11. Check all secondary circuit wiring ferrules at the end of each wire as
follows:
a. Ensure that it is identified indicating the following:
 Local device number
 Local terminal number
 Destination device number
 Destination terminal number
b. Ensure that it is permanently marked and made of a material that
is not deformed or deteriorated
c. Ensure that it is non-removable without re-termination of the wire
and it shall not be free to easily slide along the wire insulation
d. Ensure that it is not split type, and one sleeve is used for the
complete ferrule
e. Relay and control panel ferrules shall be white or yellow with
clearly legible black lettering
12. In 110 kV GIS and above ensure that the CT open circuit
protection (CTPU) when provided, it has monitoring contacts for
SCADA, annunciation.
13. Verify tightness of all bolted connections (by calibrated torque
wrench method).
14. Check the CT is grounded as per the approved design.
Ensure that each freestanding current transformer is provided
with one ground pad and a clamp type terminal located at the
base to accommodate grounding conductor sizes from 70 mm² to
240 mm².
3. Electrical Tests
Item Description Done Remarks
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1. Before electrical tests, isolate all CT secondary circuits by using

the terminal blocks slide links. Ensure that no devices are
connected to the CT.
2. Perform the Insulation Resistance Test, as following:
The solidly grounded windings must have the ground removed to
measure the insulation resistance of the grounded winding.
The following test connections should be used, depending on the
type of CT and the number of secondary windings.
Field tests of insulation shall not be in excess of 75% of the factory
test voltages as per IEEE Std C57.13.5.
The values shall not be less than 200 MΩ.
NOTE—The test equipment must be at zero current before the
equipment is turned off and disconnected to prevent saturating the
CT.
a. Primary to grounded secondary: test voltage is 5 kV DC for one
minute. (excepted in case of ring CT).
b. Secondary to grounded primary: test voltage is 1 kV DC for one
minute. (Secondary to ground only in case of ring CT).
c. Secondary core to core 1kV DC for one minute, while the other
cores are grounded.
3. Perform the Excitation Characteristics Test (knee Point):
Determination of knee point voltage (Vk).
Check that the measured (Vk) is matched with the rated (Vk) and
approved scheme.
For class X the exciting current Ie at a voltage equal to Vk shall not
exceed the specified limit.
Results shall be compared with FAT results.
The excitation curve of the CT should remain very close to the
original curve when tested at the factory
4. Perform the Winding Resistance (Rct) Measurement.
The ambient temperature shall be recorded and the winding
resistance shall be corrected to 75°C.
The CT should be demagnetized after completion of this test.
The resistance should be around the original data measured in the
factory.
5. Perform the Polarity Test.
This test proves that the predicted direction of secondary current
flow is correct for a given direction of primary current flow.
The markings and polarities for primary and secondary terminals
shall be checked in accordance with the nameplate, approved
design and protection requirement.
6. Turns ratio:
Test Turns Ratio in accordance with the marked ratios using one
of the approved CT test equipment.
7. Normalize all CT secondary circuits by using the terminal blocks
slide links.
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8. CT Secondary Injection Test

Verify secondary circuits from terminal to terminal, test switches,
and shorting/isolating links by secondary injection of CTs by:
a. Injecting different currents in all three phases to verify the
segregation of the phases. In this case, there will be a vectorial
summation of the phases’ currents in the neutral.
b. Injecting equal magnitude of current in all phases. In this case,
no current should flow in the neutral.
9. Secondary loop resistance measurement test (burden test).
Burden Should not exceed maximum burden as specified in the
accuracy class.
10. Check the single earth point is as the approved schematic
drawing.
11. CT Primary Injection Test
a. All CT tests are completed successfully.
b. Precautions:
1. Isolate all high impedance relays.
2. Take the suitable action to prevent any expected problem in
trip relays or other during primary injection (put all relays on
“out of service” position to prevent false trip or remove all
corresponding trip relays).
c. Tests:
1. Verify the Core Identification of each phase by initially
primary current (20% of the lowest primary rated current).
2. Check all short and isolation facilities for all secondary
circuits.
3. Perform the primary injection:
i. In case, more than one CT are involved, then the
primary injected current shall be limited to the
minimum
primary rated current.
ii. The primary injection shall be performed for each
phase
to ground and each phase to others (R-N, Y-N, B-N, R-
Y, Y-B & B-R).
iii. Make sure that during primary injection, there is no
noise from the CT under test.
iv. Confirm that the neutral path of the secondary circuit is
healthy, not broken and the neutral current is the same
value of phase current during the phase to ground
primary injection (R-N, Y-N, B-N).
v. Confirm that no current in neutral path of the
secondary circuit during the phase to phase primary
injection (RY,
YB, BR).
vi. Measure the current on all terminals, test switches,
relays, BCU’s, IED’s & meters, then measure the
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current from the device display (from the first terminal

to device display and verify the CT adopted ratio.
vii. Perform the primary injection test for all BCT's (bushing
current transformers) during the power transformer
differential protection stability test.
viii. Normalize all the circuits.
12. High voltage test:
During normal HV tests on switchgear or GIS the CTs are
included in the HV test. CT secondary shall be shorted to ground
at the nearest terminal block to the CT and isolated from relays
and meters.
13. Normalization all CT circuits.

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