Comprehensive Switchgear Monitoring

The Switchgear Monitor provides comprehensive, online condition-based monitoring for medium voltage switchgear and circuit breakers, helping utilities improve system reliability and reduce unplanned outages. Switchgear misoperation is a leading contributor to substation events and is often identified as the root cause of transformer and equipment failures. The Dynamic Ratings Switchgear Monitor combines high-speed waveform capture with advanced analytics to detect mechanical and electrical performance degradation well in advance of failure. By monitoring parameters such as trip and close coil performance, interrupting times, motor starts, currents, runtimes, and insulating gas conditions, asset owners gain clear visibility into equipment health. Easy-to-interpret waveform overlays allow maintenance teams to quickly identify deviations from baseline performance. Online monitoring enables a shift away from invasive, time-based maintenance toward data-driven decisions, reducing maintenance-induced issues while extending asset life. The Switchgear Monitor can monitor up to six bays with a single device and can be integrated with partial discharge monitoring to further enhance asset protection.