One, Two, Three, Testing…

Winder Power has recently installed an in-house test facility that has proven to be a great success. The new facility enables Winder Power to undertake full load tests on all of its manufactured transformers that range from 100kVA-60MVA up to 66kV.

As part of this considerable investment, the factory’s incoming power supply had to be upgraded and substantial reactive power compensation was needed in order to perform transformer short-circuit testing. Several companies were approached but following in-depth discussions and an exacting specification, Enspec Power won the contract to supply and commission a VArComp® 20MVAr capacitor rack.

David Jones, joint MD at Enspec, said, “This was a really interesting project to be involved with from the start and to win it against some stiff competition makes it all the sweeter. Following some weeks of discussions with the customer, we had to listen very carefully to exactly what Winders wanted to achieve and were finally awarded the contract on the basis of our technically versatile solution and quick lead-time that we actually managed to better!”

The versatility of the VArComp® 11kV rack provides the test facility with a fantastic range of reactive compensation from 0.25-20MVAr in selectable 250kVAr increments to cater for the wide ranging transmission and distribution transformers that Winder Power manufacture.

Paul Matthews, General Manager at Winder Power, said, “Enspec offered the best all round solution to our needs. Whilst being competitive on price they also provided a technical offer that matched our requirements. The capacitor bank was delivered ahead of schedule and has worked perfectly since. I would have no hesitation in using Enspec again or recommending them to any prospective customer.”