News & Press Releases
Announcing the new TWS FL-8 and TWS FL-1 Traveling wave fault locators... providing exact fault location to one tower
October 21, 2011
Prepared by David Cole with additional inputs from Conleth Donaghy
“Using our vast experience with our established and successful TWS and DSFL products we have developed a new platform that provides even more precise fault location on multiple lines, enabling operation and maintenance engineers to respond rapidly to events and correct defects at minimum cost and maximum efficiency.”
Key features:
- Best accuracy to ±195 feet [±60 meters] independent of impedance methods
- Reduce downtime by getting to the fault site faster
- Track intermittent self clearing faults and focus maintenance at the right spot to prevent a major breakdown
- Accurate results from circuit trips automatically displayed in the dispatch centre within minutes of the event
- Maintenance crews alerted by email notification
- Fast installation and set up on multiple lines - no line or substation outage required
- Display, keypad and USB port allow more interaction with the device
- Modular, reliable hardware
- Flexible communications
The TWS FL-8 (below, left) is modular. It can monitor 2, 4, 6 or 8 lines by adding extra cards. The TWS FL-1 (below, right) is a fixed format and monitors one line.
iQ+ Master station software
Partnering the TWS FL-8 and TWS-FL-1 devices is the advanced iQ+ client-server multifunction master station software. One master station application to manage all QUALITROL substation monitors (including legacy devices), i.e; IDM+, IDM and DFR family, FL-8, FL-1, TWS and DSFL fault locators and INFORMA PMD-A and QWAVE family of power quality monitors.
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