DS3800NCIB

About the DS3800NCIB

The DS3800NCIB current isolator circuit card was created by General Electric. It was made to be a part of the Speedtronic Mark IV turbine control series. Mark systems have been used for decades to provide safe and efficient turbine operation beginning with the Mark I in the 1960s.

Using a current isolator card offers many benefits for turbine operation. Current isolators can help by reducing ground loop, getting rid of conducted noise, enabling safe and accurate measurements and protecting users from equipment which may be faulty. Current isolators are important for safety, as they protect equipment, circuits and people from electrical shock and short circuits.

Two of the most prominent components featured on the DS3800NCIB are transformers. One of the transformers is blue and one of them is black. They can each be identified by their part numbers, 218A4834-P1 and 4202-1 respectively. Other parts that stand out on the DS3800NCIB are four jack boxes which are blue in color. Each jack box contains within it a “male” connector port, enabling additional components to be added to the circuit card if necessary. The DS3800NCIB also contains three potentiometers, or variable resistors. These potentiometers are blue. Each potentiometer has an adjustable dial used to change the resistance of the component. The DS3800NCIB has a wide array of different capacitors. Two of the capacitors are round and metal. Some of them are metal and shaped like a cube. Many other capacitors are small, round and have different colors. Many banded resistors are also featured on the DS3800NCIB. The bands on each resistor indicate the component's capacity for resistance.