PDS Partial Discharge Scanner0 pages

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PDS
Online Partial Discharge Scanner
The PDS allows online partial discharge detection on underground cable accessories and equipment for safety and
maintenance purposes. This compact and lightweight instrument is battery operated and it has a an autonomy of
30 hours. The Partial Discharge intensity level is displayed on the instrument with the bargraph.

ADVANTAGES
t Easy to use
t Compact, lightweight and battery powered t
t for maximum flexibility
t High sensitivity inductive and capacitive t
tsensors
t Rugged Delrin® made casing
t Up to 30 hours autonomy

INTENSITY LEVEL

which is proportional to the displayed intensity, allows the user to locate any fault even if the handling
conditions don’t allow him/her to see the display.

COMPACT AND PRACTICAL
Small to ease access to all types of installations,
the PDS can be handheld or manipulated with a
hotstick depending on the situation. Obviously, along with strippers and insulated tools,
it belongs in one’s toolkit, for everyday work.

The PDS indicates the intensity of the partial discharges, converting the electrical charge units (pC)
into decibels (dB). Thus the reading is kept as a
simple intensity level indication, proportional to the
probability of a fault’s presence in the tested joint.

VISUAL AND AUDIO INDICATORS

PDS
Partial Discharge Scanner

The visual indicator is a bargraph with eight steps,
each step corresponding to twice the intensity
(6dB) of the previous level, for a total range from
6dB to 54dB. An audio indicator, the frequency of

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