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4/0 grounded cable is rated at 43kA for 15cycles. What is the minimum number of cables per phase required to safely ground a 2500kVA 5.75%Z transformer on the...

hi, anybody with ge protection? I am questioning the signal source 2 setting. We are using source 2 for loss of excitation but the the source 2 setting has vt...

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