Sediver High-Voltage Laboratory -Test Center of Bazet
(33) 5 62 33 39 69 ltht@sediver.com Visit website
Zone Industrielle
Bazet, 65460
France
Overview
Key Contact Personnel:
Guillaume Lansalot, Head of the Laboratory guillaume.lansalot@sediver.com
Year Founded
HV Lab: 1954
Total Number of Employees: 9
Major Markets Served: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Scotland, Spain, France, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, USA, …
Accreditation of COFRAC for the tested equipment according to NF EN ISO / IEC 17025.
Services
High Voltage Laboratory:
Number of Employees in High Voltage Laboratory: 9
Dimensions of Main Test Hall: 51 m length x 24.5 m width x 26 m height
Dielectric Testing Facilities:
| Impulse Testing | Max. Voltage or Current | Standard or Remarks |
| Lightning Impulse | 3500 kV | In accordance with IEC, ANSI, BS, … standards and/or special customer’s requirements |
| Switching Impulse (Dry) | 2400 kV | |
| Switching Impulse (Wet) | 2400 kV |
| A.C. Testing | |
| Dry / Wet | 1100 kV |
| Partial Discharge & RIV Testing: | 750 kV |
| D.C. Testing: | |
| Dry | 350 kV |
| Standards | Max. A.C. Voltage | Max D.C. Voltage | Temp. °C (from – To) | |
| Salt Fog | IEC 60507 | 250 kV | 350 kV | Ambient temp. |
| Solid Layer Procedure | IEC 60507 IEC TS 61245 |
250 kV | 350 kV |
Ageing Tests:
5000 h ageing test as per IEC 62730
Other Tests:
DC: ionic migration, thermal runaway, body resistance, whistand in SF6 test as per IEC 61325
Long duration vibration tests on complete strings: 2 Hz to 30 Hz, 60 kN per conductor, 6 conductors – 40 m span
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