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Tavrida Reclosers Successfully Tested in South Africa

South Africa has a power system with a capacity of 140 GW, which is one of the four largest power systems in the world after the U.S., China and Russia. The decision to allow foreign products to enter the South African market is made by ESCOM, the government's authorized representative. Tavrida Electric traveled to southern Africa in 2003 for ESCOM approval. The recloser had to stand under load for 12 months and withstand all tests on environmental factors. The first thing we were pleased to see when the tested switching module returned to the KB was that it successfully passed our standard acceptance testing procedure in the condition in which it had arrived from Africa: dirty and covered in sand and salt. The tightening torques of the critical assemblies were virtually unchanged. Having opened the device, we were convinced that the condition of the parts was as if the module had been produced yesterday. And in fact almost 3 years had passed since the moment of assembly, 15...