Ok, I have some threads on here about Capacitor banks and I seem to be learning more about them everyday. I've been an electrician for 10 years and am about to finish up my construction management degree, so I'm trying to apply the things I;ve learned in math and physics to my current job.
We have multiple locations on Campus that have Fixed Cap banks. The banks are turned off right now because we are doing load shedding with our Building Automation System (BAS) system. If I were able to turn these fixed Cap banks into Automatic ones we would be able to control them with our BAS system.
The question is how would I go about doing it? Could I take a 150KVAR fixed bank and turn it into 3 - 50 KVAR steps? By using a 200 amp lighting contactor on each step? So I would have three 200 amp contactors now being individually switched by our BAS system allowing us more flexibility. Would I need a special contactor besides the 24V coil I need to control it with the BAS system.
Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks
We have multiple locations on Campus that have Fixed Cap banks. The banks are turned off right now because we are doing load shedding with our Building Automation System (BAS) system. If I were able to turn these fixed Cap banks into Automatic ones we would be able to control them with our BAS system.
The question is how would I go about doing it? Could I take a 150KVAR fixed bank and turn it into 3 - 50 KVAR steps? By using a 200 amp lighting contactor on each step? So I would have three 200 amp contactors now being individually switched by our BAS system allowing us more flexibility. Would I need a special contactor besides the 24V coil I need to control it with the BAS system.
Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks