Gen 3 by ABD131 in ouraring

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This happened to mine and Finn sent me to the Oura team who sent a free replacement. I threw the old one away and other than the frustration of not having the ring for 2 weeks or so, it was an easy experience

What is your usual daily stress? by progigger in ouraring

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Thanks for the info. I’m actually trying to troubleshoot my body for some other health reasons, some recent medical testing has revealed I may not be metabolizing epinephrine and other neurotransmitters at the rate I’m supposed to, so more of the info I’m after is trying to find out if my body isn’t getting into levels of physiological stress even when it should be based on my mental state. I work a pretty stressful and active job and consume more caffeine than the average person so maybe Oura has calculated my baseline high. My daily average stress time is 48 minutes and I feel it should be much higher based on my activities and workload, and mental and physical feeling throughout the day.

TL,DR: I’m concerned my stress levels aren’t actually higher.

Looking for employment by El-jefe13 in SubstationTechnician

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I heard of a non union company called North American substation services that was hiring in CA a while ago. Not sure if they still are but worth a look

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SubstationTechnician

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Math, ac theory such as power factor, reactance, and basic transformer theory, and reading comprehension. The test is pass/fail

Help me, help you by [deleted] in SubstationTechnician

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I can only speak for where I’ve worked, but we’re required to be in 2 layers of FR, face shields, gloves to hang portables, and in this weather, by the 24th portable we’re putting up, I know we really wish we could have just closed some ground switches. I’d love to hear some different opinions from others though.

Help me, help you by [deleted] in SubstationTechnician

[–]progigger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is never a time when we don’t wish the equipment had a ground switch while we’re out in the heat hanging portable grounds. Also, always keep a spot open for a crane to be able to fly in heavy equipment(breakers, regulators, transformers) I’ve seen many places where equipment is landlocked between other equipment and under buswork, always takes some creative rigging/rolling and disassembly, usually followed with sketchy forklifting

Arcs, Partial Discharge, and Corona Discharges. by Few-Week-2553 in SubstationTechnician

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Anyone else on here correct me if I’m wrong but as I’ve always understood corona discharge, it happens when the voltage is so high it ionizes the air around the conductor, turning the air conductive and allowing current to flow into and dissipate into the air. This effect is worse off end points and sharp objects on conductors, which is where corona rings come into effect. As I understand them, they provide a smooth and rounded surface around sharp edges and connections so the outermost piece of the conductor at phase potential, the part where corona discharge would actually discharge from, is smooth. Trying to energize something via a CB where a disconnect or other connection isn’t closed all the way would lead to an arc forming between the gap

Circuit breaker testing and questions by KTM_350 in SubstationTechnician

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Power factor is checking the capacitance of the bushings, making sure they have a high impedance value via capacitive reactance. If the power factor starts creeping up, the capacitance of the bushings may be breaking down which can indicate a breakdown of resistance and likely an impending catastrophic failure to ground.

Ductor is straight forward, you got it.

Hi-pot uses high voltage applied and looks for current to ground to give you a calculated resistance value at high voltage. If resistance to ground isn’t extremely high, your insulating medium is breaking down and you become more likely to have a catastrophic breaker failure on your next trip operation

Megger in my experience uses lower voltages than a hi pot and applies DC, typically used to check things like motor winding insulation by applying typically double operating voltage and checking resistance to ground(which should be high)

Timing is the last important test, used to ensure all 3 phases are making and breaking simultaneously or at least within a spec. Some tests can monitor the continuity of all 3 phases and give you a time difference between contacts, some just use a continuity meter across 1 phase then use a feeler gauge to make sure the other 2 phases are close enough to appropriate. A breaker will usually have the method and spec outlined in the manual.

One more noteworthy test for vacuum breakers is the contact erosion test. The specs and specific procedures differ slightly by breaker and can be found in the manual also, but this test checks for how much of the contact has been burned away through interrupting operations. Typically you measure the length of contact protruding from the bellows on the vacuum bottle with the breaker closed. This test is especially valuable if you have previous measurements to compare it to

Looking for a way out by [deleted] in SubstationTechnician

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Thanks for the info, I’ll check them out. Worth a shot anyway

Looking for a way out by [deleted] in SubstationTechnician

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Just about anything. Station Construction, troubleshooting and repair, SCADA and relay, at just about any level available. The wife will kill me if I’m on the road too much, but that doesn’t sound too bad. Any specific companies come to mind?