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Updates to testing capabilities

The new laboratory space measures 25m X 24m and has a ceiling height of 12m.  This set up enables us to undertake electrical and insulation materials testing for voltage levels up to 250kV AC / 1 MV DC, lightning impulse up to 400kV and current levels up to 8kA AC.

Also on site, our low voltage facility has model-generation technologies linked to a fully controlled electrical grid network.  This enables voltage, frequency, loads and network parameters to be configured to fully test network connection issues for small scale embedded generation and includes G83 and G59 testing.


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Sector Contact

Alex Neumann  - Director of Electical Networks
Mob. 07912 479610
Email. alex.neumann@narec.co.uk

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