Data record `tests.sf6-gas-quality.equipment.breaker-sf6.maintenance`

Verified 2026-10-29 Confidence: High

SF6 Gas Quality is specified for sulfur hexafluoride circuit breakers in maintenance testing at clause 7.6.4.A.7 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. The clause calls for a sample of the SF6 gas to be drawn and tested where the breaker provides for sampling, without breaking the seal of a sealed-for-life interrupter.

Value: sulfur hexafluoride circuit breakers

Provenance. Where this record comes from and where it is used: the cited source, the record itself and the entry that cites it.

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Step	Item	Detail
Source	ANSI/NETA MTS-2023	Licensed standard, clause 7.6.4.A.7
Data record	tests.sf6-gas-quality.equipment.breaker-sf6.maintenance	Verified 2026-10-29
Entry	SF6 Gas Quality	No revisions

Subject

SF6 Gas Quality (Test methods)

Kind

Equipment fact

Source

ANSI/NETA MTS-2023, clause 7.6.4.A.7, Maintenance Testing Specifications for Electrical Power Equipment and Systems, NETA. Publisher page for ANSI/NETA MTS-2023 Publisher information page

Also stated in

Stated independently by FIST 3-16, section 8.3.1, page 68 (May 2024).
Read the reference passage

8.3.1 SF6 Gas Analysis

"In-service is based on gas which has been sampled from a breaker which is still in-service. Reclaimed gas is a gas which has been filtered and dried and will be placed back in-service. When new gas is added to a breaker, wait 72 hours prior to performing a gas analysis."

FIST 3-16, section 8.3.1, page 68, May 2024. Agency copy of FIST 3-16

The current standard governs; this passage is a public-domain description of the practice dated May 2024.

History

Every recorded change to this data record, oldest first.
Date	Change
2026-10-29	created

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Cite the governing standard for the fact itself; cite this page as the finding aid.

"Data record tests.sf6-gas-quality.equipment.breaker-sf6.maintenance." Circuit Breaker Reference. 2026-10-29. https://www.circuitbreakerreference.com/data/tests.sf6-gas-quality.equipment.breaker-sf6.maintenance/.

Circuit Breaker Reference, Data record tests.sf6-gas-quality.equipment.breaker-sf6.maintenance (Oct. 29, 2026), https://www.circuitbreakerreference.com/data/tests.sf6-gas-quality.equipment.breaker-sf6.maintenance/.

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  year = {2026},
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