NOJA Power News

Issue 7

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Colombian Installation Helping To Rebuild A Shattered City

Potencia y Tecnologias Incorporadas Ltda, NOJA Power’s Distributor in Colombia, is proud to announce their first contract in Colombia with local Power Utility Empresa Electrificadora del Quindio (EDEQ).

EDEQ is a Power Utility located in the City of Armenia, Capital of Quindio Department, in West Central Colombia. Its climate is humid tropical and has fertile lands surrounded by beautiful mountains where one of the best Coffees of the world is grown.

Armenia is known as the Miracle city for the quick time it took to develop - just a few years. Unfortunately on January 25, 1999, an Earthquake took place in this beautiful city, leaving 70% of the City destroyed, thousands dead or injured and 200,000 people homeless.

Armenia is now beginning to rebuild its infrastructure. One major task is to upgrade the electrical distribution system across the city. As part of this process EDEQ have decided to install NOJA Power reclosers. The first OSM15 unit was installed in October to replace an old 15kV oil circuit breaker. The installation of the recloser was very simple and smooth due to their light weight and continued support from Potencia y Tecnologias.

Potencia y Tecnologias are confident that EDEQ will be happy with the reclosers. Their installation will help Armenia to enjoy improved reliability of its electrical system. EDEQ will also be able to integrate them into their future SCADA system when required.

Making Long Lasting Terminations With The OSM Recloser

NOJA Power's 200 Series reclosers are constructed out of stainless steel and have many features to make installing and terminating simpler than ever before. Cable terminators are integral to the bushing, optional bird guards are designed for the OSM and the tank is easy to lift into place due to its light weight.

Each bushing has a convenient connector fitted to the end for terminating cables. These are made from brass so they can be used with both copper and aluminium cable tails. Simply strip back some insulation, push the cable end into the connector, and tighten using an allen key wrench. NOJA Power can supply pre-cut lengths of cables for terminating as an option. This means the recloser is ready for termination straight out of the shipping crate.

NOJA Power has designed a special moulded bird guard for use with these connectors. These have the advantage of being very easy to fit and take up minimal space. The bird guards must be ordered separately as an option.

The overall light weight of the tank makes the recloser very easy to install. In most cases a separate crane is not required as many work platforms used by utilities are rated to carry the load. Many of our customers use a block and tackle arrangement fitted to their platform. When combined with integrated connectors and the optional cable tails and bird guards, the 200 series OSM recloser is one of the easiest installations you are ever likely to encounter in a pole mounting situation.

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