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Compact Switchgear
Compact Air-Insulated Breaker Assembly CABA

Compact switchgear

GE’s Compact Air-Insulated Breaker Assembly (CABA) is a modular, compact switchgear system combining a live tank circuit breaker, double sided disconnect switch and other AIS equipment mounted on a common frame. It can be installed in greenfield substations or retrofit into an existing substation. CABA can be installed on existing foundations and is designed for space savings due to its compactness.

This flexible, compact breaker assembly is well suited for a variety of applications including transformer protection, line and cable switching, capacitor bank and back-to-back switching, reactor switching and circuit switching.

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CABA leverages GE’s expertise in high voltage equipment, including circuit breakers and disconnect switches, to provide a reliable substation solution. GE has more than 100,00 circuit breakers with spring-spring operating mechanisms in service throughout the world.

Key Features

  • Complete factory assembly allows CABA to easily replace existing equipment for a high quality solution with reduced delivery time
  • Ideal for replacement or upgrade of circuit switcher installations providing full circuit breaker function in the same space
  • Reliable spring-spring operating mechanisms
  • Meets the requirements of IEC and IEEE/ANSI standards

Key Benefits

  • Modular design for green field or retrofit installations
  • Improved substation protection
  • No new foundations needed for retrofits with standardized modules
  • Easy installation and commissioning
  • Circuit breaker performance in a circuit switcher footprint

Specifications

Live Tank circuit breaker

Rated voltage kV 72.5 145 245 245
Circuit breaker type GL 309 GL 312 GL 314 GL 314X
Circuit-breaker operating mechanism FK3-1 Spring FK3-1 Spring FK3-6 Spring FK3-4 Spring
Rated continuous current A 3,150 3,150 3,150 3,150
Rated frequency Hz 50/60 50/60 50/60 50/60
Rated dielectric withstand
- Power frequency 1 minute dry kArms 160 310 460 460
- BIL (1.2/50s impulse wave) kVpeak 350 650 900 1,050
- 2s chopped wave kVpeak kVpeak 452 838 1,160 1,160
Rated short-circuit breaking capacity          
- Perioduc component kArms 40 40 40 63
- percentage DC component % 53 53 53 68
- First pole to clear   1,5 1,5 1,5 1,5
- Interrupting time cycles   3 3 3 3
- Rated short-circuit making current kApeak 108 108 108 170
- Rate out-of-phase breaking capacity kA kA 10 10 10 16
Rated line-charger breaking capacity (C2 Class) A 100 160 400 400
Rated capacitor bank breaking capacity (C2 Class) A 630 400 1,200 1,200
Rated operating sequence o-0,3-CO-15s-CO
Ambient temperature (without blanet heaters) oC
* Low temperature performerce to -50oC is available with the used of mixed gas (SF6/CF4)

Three phase disconnector - double side break

Rated voltage kV 72.5 145 245 245
Disconnect switch type S3CD S3CD S3CD S3CD
Disconnect switch operating mechanism Manual handcrank* Manual handcrank* Manual handcrank* Manual handcrank*
Rated frequency Hz 50/60 50/60 50/60 50/60
Rated continuous current A 3,150 3,150 3,150 3,150
Rated continuous current 30 minutes emergency 4100 A 4,100 4,100 4,100 4,100
Rated dielectric withstand (IEEE/ANSI Standard)
- Power frequency 1 minute dry kV 175 335 465 465
- Power frequency 10 second wet kV 146 275 385 385
- BIL (1.2x50 per second rated withstand) kVpeak 350 650 900 1,050
Rated short time current          
- Three (3) second kArms 63 63 40 63
- Momentary current kA 100 100 100 100
- Peak current kApeak 164 164 164 164
- Capacitance current switching capability A 1 1 1 1
- Transformer magnetising current switching capability A 3 3 3 3
Open gap length (IEEE/ANDI standard) Inch 22x2 38x2 50x2 50x2
Open rotation gap Degrees 80 80 80 80
Rated ice breaking capability Inch 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75
Ambient temperature (without blanet heaters) oC -50 to +50 -50 to +50 -50 to +50 -50 to +50
* Motor mechanism on request

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CABA Drawing

CABA Dimensions

CABA Dimensions