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IEEE Standard of Common
Requirements for High Voltage Power
Switchgear Rated Above 1000 V
IEEE Power Engineering Society
Sponsored by the
Switchgear Committee
IEEE IEEE Std C37.100.1™-2007
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New York, NY 10016-5997, USA
12 October 2007
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IEEE Std C37.100.1™-2007
IEEE Standard of Common
Requirements for High-Voltage Power
Switchgear Rated Above 1000 V
Sponsor
Switchgear Committee
of the
IEEE Power Engineering Society
Approved 17 May 2007
IEEE-SA Standards Board

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Some tables and figures of this standard have been reprinted with permission from the International
Electrotechnical Commission, from IEC 60694 Edition 2.2 (2002), Common specifications for high-voltage
switchgear and controlgear standards, © 2002 IEC, Geneva, Switzerland. www.iec.ch, and IEC 62271-1
Edition 1.0 (2007), High-voltage controlgear and switchgear—Part 1: Common specifications, © 2007 IEC,
Geneva, Switzerland. www.iec.ch.
Acknowledgments
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reproduce information from its International Standards IEC 60694 and IEC 62271-1. All such extracts are
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from www.iec.ch. IEC has no responsibility for the placement and context in which the extracts and
contents are reproduced by the author, nor is IEC in any way responsible for the other content or accuracy
therein.
Abstract: Common requirements that are in many IEEE power switchgear standards are
collected in this standard. These requirements include service conditions, design (type) tests,
design and construction, production (routine) tests, and ratings.
Keywords: common requirements, design tests, production tests, ratings, service conditions,
switchgear

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Introduction
This introduction is not part of IEEE Std C37.100.1-2007, IEEE Standard of Common Requirements for High-
Voltage Power Switchgear Rated Above 1000 V.

This is a new standard written specifically to collect into one document the requirements that are common
in many IEEE power switchgear standards. It follows the concept already in place in IEC 62271-1:2007
a
[B23]. In some cases, the requirements are equivalent to those in several existing switchgear standards; in
other cases, they represent a compromise among two or more standards that have minor (or moderate)
differences in the requirement. Still other requirements are taken from IEC 62271-1:2007 [B23].
One distinct exception is the treatment of altitude correction factors or air density correction factors. This
standard introduces a departure from the historical approach for altitude correction factors as they apply to
applications above 1000 m. Refer to 2.2.1 and Annex B for these details.
The expected benefits of this common requirements concept is to reduce many of the minor inconsistencies
among the various switchgear standards and, where differences must remain, to have them highlighted by
exception to these common requirements.
It is the intention of the IEEE Switchgear Committee that the relevant (switchgear) standards will adopt the
provisions of this standard by normative reference. Specific clauses may be adopted as follows:
a) Without exception (the default)
b) With exceptions
c) With additional requirements or a combination of item b) and item c), as deemed appropriate to
the relevant standard
Refer to Annex A for specific recommendations for use with a relevant standard.
In an effort to promote harmonization, this standard is formatted similar to IEC 62271-1:2007 [B23].
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a
The numbers in brackets correspond to those of the bibliography in Annex K.
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Participants
At the time this standard was submitted to the IEEE-SA Standards Board for approval, the Common
Requirements Working Group had the following membership:
David T. Stone, Chair

W. J. Bergman Larry B. Farr Carl Reigart
Stan Billings R. W. Long Hugh Ross
Anne Bosma Larry McCall* Carl Schneider
Ted Burse Frank Muench H. Melvin Smith
Peter Dwyer Jeffrey H. Nelson Alan D. Storms
Leslie Falkingham Charles L. Wagner

* Deceased

The Common Requirements Working Group is sponsored by the Administrative Subcommittee
(ADSCOM) of the IEEE Switchgear Committee. At the time this standard was submitted to the IEEE-SA
Standards Board for approval, the ADSCOM had the following membership:

Roy Alexander Ken Edwards Steven Meiners
John Brunke Marcel Fortin Alec Monroe
Ted Burse Mietek Glinkowski Jeffrey H. Nelson
Raymond Capra Keith Gray Ted Olsen
Alexander Dixon Neil McCord David T. Stone
Peter Dwyer Stephen Lambert Michael Wactor
Doug Edwards John Leach Richard York
R. W. Long

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The following members of the individual balloting committee voted on this standard. Balloters may have
voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention.

Roy Alexander Harry Gianakouros T. W. Olsen
Chris Ambrose Douglas Giraud Miklos Orosz
Stan Arnot Mietek Glinkowski Neville Parry
Michael Baldwin Dave Gohil David Peelo
Charles Ball Keith Gray Ed Peters
Paul Barnhart Randall Groves Anthony Picagli
W. J. Bergman Erik Guillot Robert Puckett
Stan Billings Nancy Gunderson Radhakrishnan Ranjan
Wallace Binder Ken Harless Carl Reigart
Thomas Blair Harry Hirz Johannes Rickmann
William Bloethe Edward Horgan, Jr. Michael Roberts
Anne Bosma William Hurst Hugh Ross
Stuart Bouchey David Jackson Joe Rostron
Harvey Bowles Richard Jackson Timothy Royster
Dieter Braun Edward Jankowich James Ruggieri
Michael Brimsek Tanuj Khandelwal David Schempp
Lyne Brisson Alan Kollar E. Schmunk
Robert Brown E. S. Kramer Carl Schneider
Steven Brown Saumen Kundu Robert Seitz
John Brunke Thomas LaRose Devki Sharma
Dave Burns Stephen Lambert H. Jin Sim
Ted Burse John Leach David Singleton
Raymond Capra Jason Lin H. Melvin Smith
Chih Chow Maurice Linker James E. Smith
Gregory Cirves Franco Lo Monaco James Smith
Tommy Cooper R. W. Long R. Kirkland Smith
R. Daubert Gregory Luri John G. St. Clair
Matthew Davis Glenn Luzzi David Stone
Frank DeCesaro William Majeski Alan D. Storms
Guru dutt Dhingra Donald Martin Chand Tailor
Jerome DiSciullo Frank Mayle Stanton Telander
Randall Dotson Kenneth McClenahan William Terry
Neal Dowling Nigel McQuinn Malcolm Thaden
Paul Drum John Merando Shanmugan Thamilarasan
Denis Dufournet Peter Meyer Norbert Trapp
Donald Dunn G. Michel John Vandermaar
Peter Dwyer James Mitchem Jane Ann Verner
Doug Edwards Daleep Mohla Walt VonMiller
Gary Engmann Alec Monroe Michael Wactor
Jorge Fernandez-Daher Georges Montillet Charles L. Wagner
Marcel Fortin Anne Morgan Steven Whalen
Fredric Friend Charles Morse James Wilson
Ajit Gwal Frank Muench John Wood
Frank Gerleve Yasin Musa Richard York
Kenneth Gettman Jeffrey H. Nelson Jan Zawadzki

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When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 17 May 2007, it had the following
membership:
Steve M. Mills, Chair
Robert M. Grow, Vice Chair
Don Wright, Past Chair
Judith Gorman, Secretary

Richard DeBlasio Richard H. Hulett Narayanan Ramachandran
Alex Gelman Hermann Koch Greg Ratta
William R. Goldbach Joseph L. Koepfinger* Robby Robson
Arnold M. Greenspan John Kulick Anne-Marie Sahazizian
Joanna N. Guenin David J. Law Virginia C. Sulzberger
Julian Forster* Glenn Parsons Malcolm V. Thaden
Kenneth S. Hanus Ronald C. Petersen Richard L. Townsend
William B. Hopf Tom A. Prevost Howard L. Wolfman

*Member Emeritus

Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons:

Satish K. Aggarwal, NRC Representative
Richard DeBlasio, DOE Representative
Alan H. Cookson, NIST Representative

Don Messina
IEEE Standards Program Manager, Document Development

Matthew J. Ceglia
IEEE Standards Program Manager, Technical Program Development
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Contents
1. Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Normative references........................................................................................................................... 2
2. Normal (usual) and special (unusual) service conditions ........................................................................... 3
2.1 Normal (usual) service conditions ....................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Special (unusual) service conditions for both indoor and outdoor switchgear .................................... 5
3. Definitions .................................................................................................................................................. 9
4. Ratings........................................................................................................................................................ 9
4.1 Rated maximum voltage (V) or (Ur) .................................................................................................. 10
4.2 Rated insulation level, Ud, Us, Up ...................................................................................................... 10
4.3 Rated power frequency (fr) ................................................................................................................ 15
4.4 Rated continuous (normal) current and temperature rise................................................................... 15
4.5 Rated short-time withstand current (Ik).............................................................................................. 19
4.6 Rated peak withstand current (Ip) ...................................................................................................... 19
4.7 Rated duration of short-circuit (tk) ..................................................................................................... 19
4.8 Rated supply voltage of closing and opening devices and of auxiliary and control circuits (Ua)...... 19
4.9 Rated supply frequency of closing and opening devices and of auxiliary circuits ............................ 21
4.10 Rated pressure of compressed gas supply for insulation and/or operation ...................................... 21
4.11 Rated filling levels for insulation and/or operation ......................................................................... 21
5. Design and construction ........................................................................................................................... 22
5.1 Requirements for liquids in switchgear ............................................................................................. 22
5.2 Requirements for gases in switchgear ............................................................................................... 22
5.3 Grounding of switchgear ................................................................................................................... 22
5.4 Auxiliary and control equipment ....................................................................................................... 22
5.5 Dependent power operation............................................................................................................... 23
5.6 Stored energy operation..................................................................................................................... 23
5.7 Independent manual operation........................................................................................................... 23
5.8 Operation of releases ......................................................................................................................... 23
5.9 Low- and high-pressure interlocking and monitoring devices........................................................... 23
5.10 Nameplates ...................................................................................................................................... 24
5.11 Interlocking devices......................................................................................................................... 25
5.12 Position indication ........................................................................................................................... 25
5.13 Degrees of protection by enclosures................................................................................................ 25
5.14 Creepage distances for outdoor insulators ....................................................................................... 27
5.15 Gas and vacuum tightness ............................................................................................................... 27
5.16 Liquid tightness ............................................................................................................................... 27
5.17 Flammability.................................................................................................................................... 28
5.18 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)............................................................................................. 28
5.19 X-ray emission................................................................................................................................. 28
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