VERMONT — Weidmann Electrical Technology diagnostic labs are the first to incorporate the latest IEEE DGA standards for all customer transformer test reports from June 1, 2021.

Weidmann Electrical Technology is the first North American transformer testing laboratory network to implement the latest IEEE DGA C57-104.2019 guide in all transformer test reports from June 1st, 2021.

The new guide will replace the existing oil testing reports that have been in use for many years, with new diagnostics that reflect the current standards, offering clients up-to-date intelligence-based IEEE guidance.

“Offering the very latest diagnostics from IEEE ensures that our customers have access to the most up-to-date, relevant reports that enable them to make the best decisions when maintaining and ensuring the reliability of critical transformer assets,” said Francis Fisher, Weidmann Vice President of Global Marketing. “We have already committed to providing our customers free of charge training and guidance on how to interpret the new guide to get maximum value”.

New standards include basing alarms and condition codes on both thresholds and rates of change for each gas, factoring transformer age into threshold levels and considering the distinction between the sealed tank and free breathers.

The IEEE guidelines will be built into Weidmann’s online customer reporting portal.

Source: Weidmann Electrical Technology