TECHNICAL INFORI PRECAUTIONS DURING GTE MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION APPLICATION All 7F and 9F hydrogen cooled leads up generators with GTE compartments PURPOSE To inform users to take precautionary measures when opening GTE compartment doors for maintenance and when installing additional equipment inside the GTE compartment BACKGROUND DISCUSSION At one of the sites, a GTE compartment door lifted off its hinges, when a man lift bumped against the door. At a different site, a flashover occurred with an inappropriate installation of extra equipment inside the GTE compartment. The equipment was installed without taking into account the minimum clearances for insulation. This TIL is to recommend preventive measures to avoid similar issues on other sites. RECOMMENDATIONS GE recommends the following safety precautions ‘when opening the GTE compartment doors. ‘© Secure the doors with wind bars, so that they do ‘not swing into the man lift. © Secure the area under/near the GTE compartment restricting access to unnecessary personnel. © Ensure that the man lif, or any other mean(s) used to access the GTE compartment, does not interfere with the operation of the doors in any way. TW 1427-2 GE ENERGY SERVICES PRODUCT SERVICE 30 JUNE 2003 ER GE recommends getting prior approval from Product Service, before adding any equipment inside the GTE compartment (e.g.: Potential Transformers [PTs], Current Transformers [CTs], etc). The GTE compartment carries high voltage bus work and equipment; therefore, any additional equipment introduced into the compartment needs to verity the Basic Impulse Levels (BIL) of 125KVs. Contact your local GE Energy Services representative for assistance or for additional information. COPYRIGHT 2003 GE ‘The information published in this Technical Information Leter is offered to you by GE in consideration of ts ongoing sales and service ‘elatonship with your organization, How ever, since the operation of your plant involves many factors not within our knowledge, and since ‘peraion of the plant is In your contol and ullmata responsibly for ts continuing successtul operation rests with you, GE. specticlly ‘eciame any responsibilty fr lablty based on dams for camage of ary type, Le. rect, consequential or special that may be alleged to hhave been incurred as result of applying ths information regardless of whether i ‘aimed that GE is stcly Hable, in breach of contract. n breach of warranty, negigent, ori in ther respect responsibe or any alleged injury or damage sustained by your rgarizaton asa result of applying tis information.