Ensuring Recloser Control Compliance With IEEE C37.60-2003 Testing

This paper examines the testing criteria and application of recloser control standards and also discusses the importance to the end user of testing to compliance standards. Recent changes to the IEEE Standard C37.60, IEEE Standard requirements for overhead, pad-mounted, dry vault and submersible automatic circuit reclosers and fault interrupters for alternating current systems up to 38 kV, have improved the specifications and requirements for testing that are needed to ensure compliance. Standards created by organizations, such as IEEE, represent industry-wide efforts to ensure product robustness. Customers and suppliers use standards to establish baseline performance requirements. The IEEE Standard C37.60-2003 allows modular testing of components and includes testing and acceptance criteria. Using IEEE standards and tests allows recloser control manufacturers and customers the security of compliance across recloser manufacturers and models