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Data Sheet 6.52/2

PD Calibrators, Type CAL 542

The requirements for calibrators as well as the calibration procedures are given in IEC 60270:2000. Calibrators
of type CAL 542 (see Fig. 1) are used for the calibration of a partial discharge (PD) measuring system in the
complete test circuit. The repetitive calibration charges Q0 are generated by a step voltage pulse U0 injected into
a capacitor C0.
The appropriate choice of a calibrator depends on the range of typical charge values of the partial discharges
being measured. There are four calibrators with different ranges of charge pulses available (see Table 1).

Table 1 Range of charge pulses for CAL 542

Calibrator Range of charge pulses

CAL 542 A 0.1 ... 10 pC
CAL 542 B 1 ... 100 pC
CAL 542 C 10 ... 1000 pC
CAL 542 D 100 ... 10000 pC

Fig. 1 Calibrator Type CAL 542

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