Murray Loop Bridge
Murray Loop Bridge
Murray Loop Bridge
Murray loop bridge Murray loop bridge is a bridge circuit used for locating faults in underground or underwater cables.[1] It has been used for more than 100 years. [2] One end of the faulted cable is connected through a pair of resistors to the voltage source. Also a null detector is connected. The other end of the cable is shorted. The bridge is brought to balance by changing the values of RB1 and RB2, which is achieved when:
The value of resistance Rx is proportional the length Lx, thus the location of the fault can be calculated:
where L is the total length of the cable under test - a value proportional to Rg. The method assumes a single fault exists, of low resistance compared with the undamaged cable insulation resistance, and that the cable conductors have uniform resistance per unit length.
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Answer: Improve A Murray Loop Test is used to locate faults in networks of cables such as three-phase services, groups of underground cables, etc. It works by using the principle equation on which the Wheatstone bridge is based: when the galvanometer is in a null condition, R1/R3=R2/R4. The location of a cable fault within a network can be found by using a process of elimination: good connections are identified and are then excluded from further iterations of the Murray Loop Test.