PROS AND CONS OF SWITCH GEAR

  Indoor Switchgear Introduction In general, switchgear is a comprehensive term used for the unit with combinational metering equipment types and a protective control as a whole. There can be various types of devices developed by the switchgearmanufacturing companies in UAE that are used in different types of applications. There could be rail traction, motor protection, feeder protection, measurements, and other applications that are done with indoor switchgear. The switchgear installed at the electrical power substation can handle the functions, such as incoming feeder connectivity, switching the capacitor banks, control, and monitoring, measuring voltage and current, storage in a battery, etc. The switchgear system has a direct linkage to the power supply system. It is placed at the low and high voltage sides of any power transformer. The purpose could be for testing, maintenance, or fault clearing of the equipment. Switchgear can be different as per the voltage levels and econ...