ABOUT LIVE HV

At LIVE HV we are committed to keeping your HV network LIVE by providing meaningful and quantifiable information on all your High Voltage assets.

We use the most advanced Partial Discharge monitoring equipment in the world to provide true diagnostic information about your switchgear, cables and rotating machines. We use test equipment from HVPD who have been providing the highest quality PD tests to the UK and Europe for over 10 years. We are now bringing this technology to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Our highly trained test engineers can detect and locate any Partial Discharge on your network. At the end of each test we provide a detailed report of our findings and we make any recommendations necessary for improving reliability and safety.

Are you affected by down time?
Any industry where power supply is critical can benefit from PD testing. Have you been affected by a HV equipment failure? IEEE Statistics have shown that 90% of HV electrical failures are caused by electrical insulation deterioration. PD testing is regarded as one of the best assessments for insulation – PD testing can be thought of as a health check for HV insulation. And now that we can provide “On-Line” PD testing there is no shutdown time required during the test.

Is Safety a Concern?
A catastrophic failure inside a substation can not only cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in replacement value and downtime but it can also cost lives. Have a safety check done on this equipment to detect any potential problems before they happen.

Considering Retrofit?
Retrofitting Oil Circuit Breakers can be a very cost effective way of upgrading switchgear. However the reliability of the insulation in the remaining fixed portion of the switchgear should be checked. Through PD testing LIVE HV can advise the quality of the switchgear to determine the feasibility of a retrofit.

When being forced to maximise returns from your assets and ensure continuity of supply to an ever increasing load, the best conditional information on your HV network is vital for success.