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Novinium recommends Ultrinium™ 732 fluid for the highest performance and value. The Ultrinium unconditional
40-year warranty is available only with Ultrinium 732 fluid. Less demanding applications where only
20-25 years of life extension are required for proactive or preventative life extension in lightly loaded
cables in cool soils may utilize Perficio™ 011 fluid. Perficio 011 is an improved version of the old
technology which had been widely applied prior to the introduction of Ultrinium 732. NOVINIUM®
UNCONDITIONAL WARRANTY
For the Warranty Period in the Warranty Period Table below, if the Customer is not satisfied with the
service delivery or performance for a cable Segment, the Customer will be provided a single cash refund
for the lesser of: (1) All Injection-Related Customer Charges for the treated Segment, as reflected
in the Novinium Warranty Invoice, available in the Novinium Injection Tracking System, online at
www.novinium.com/NITS; (2) the actual cost to repair the cable; or (3) US$7,500. The capitalized
terms used in this warranty are defined below.
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Warranty Period Table
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Warranty Period (years)
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Injection Process
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Perficio 011 Fluid
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Ultrinium 732/733 Fluid
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UPR – Non-Demanding Applications
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20
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25
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UPR – Demanding Applications
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10
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SPR – Non-Demanding Applications
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25
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40
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SPR – Demanding Applications
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20
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The above remedies are suspended, (1) where explicitly waived by the Customer (see Exhibit F-3); (2)
for a period of 120 days after the date of any Discouraged Cable Diagnostic Testing; (3) for a period
of 120 days after the date of injection, if the cable was not in Continuous Operation prior to injection;
and (4) for a period of 120 days after the date of Abnormal Operational Excursion(s).
To make a claim, the Customer shall provide Novinium with a completed Novinium Warranty Claim form (click
here to download the form) and a Novinium® warranty tag, if it
is easily available. The warranty tag identifies the Segment of cable that has failed, or that is otherwise
unsatisfactory to the Customer. For the first year of the warranty period, the refund will be made by
Novinium. After the first year and until the warranty period has expired, the refund will be made by
Novinium Warranty Trust (NWT). Information about the irrevocable NWT, blank warranty claim forms, and
warranty waiver forms are available at www.novinium.org.
THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE CUSTOMER FOR WARRANTY CLAIMS WILL BE A CASH REFUND. NOVINIUM SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGES OR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY CLAIMS,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BREACH OF WARRANTY AND BREACH OF CONTRACT.
THIS WARRANTY AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY ARE IN LIEU OF ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OR REMEDIES, WRITTEN
OR UNWRITTEN, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND NOVINIUM HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTY
AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO EMPLOYEE OR AGENT
OF NOVINIUM IS AUTHORIZED TO GRANT ANY WARRANTY THAT IS GREATER OR DIFFERENT THAN THIS WARRANTY.
NOTE: NOVINIUM requests that if the cable has experienced a dielectric failure, the Customer supply
the failed portion of the Segment to NOVINIUM for complimentary failure analysis. This is only a request
and not mandatory to complete the claim. NOVINIUM uses the failure analysis to refine the rejuvenation
chemistry and injection process. For complete sample handling best practices, see NRI 93, "Failure Sample
Handling" at www.novinium.com/instructions.aspx.
NOVINIUM® UNCONDITIONAL WARRANTY DEFINITION OF TERMS
Abnormal Operational Excursion(s) includes non-routine maintenance or operations prior to the
segment failure such as: (1) conductor currents or neutral current greater than circuit design constraints;
(2) operating temperature greater than circuit design; (3) repeated operations of re-closers, whether
manually or automatically operated, as a method to clear overhead faults; (4) physical manipulation
of the segment including dig-ins; or (5) any other operational practice, act of a third party, or act
of God (except lightning strikes), which is believed to degrade the reliability of connected circuits.
Continuous Operation is when a cable has been energized for at least 90 of the 120 days prior
to injection.
Demanding Applications include:
- Cables with 19 or fewer strands, which are compact strands. Compact strands are defined by ICEA S-94-649-2004,
the IEC, or successors.
- Cables which are located in thermic, hyperthermic, or warmer soils as indicated by the 2005 U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Survey Division, World Soil Resources survey
map or any substantially similar successor map.
Discouraged Cable Diagnostic Testing includes any cable testing at greater than line voltage,
any cable testing with duration greater than 2 minutes, and any DC cable testing at a voltage greater
than 1 kV.
Injection-Related Customer Charges include all charges directly required to inject the cable,
such as injection preparation, splice excavation required to allow flow, and injection hourly and footage
charges. Injection-Related Customer Charges exclude all ancillary charges not directly required to inject
the cable, such as fault location and repair, transformer maintenance, bushing change out, riser-pole
rebuilds, delay, training, mobilization, and demobilization. Injection-Related Customer Charges are
recorded in the currency in which the Customer is invoiced. Where the Customer currency is not in U.S.
Dollars, a conversion to U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate effective on the date the charge was incurred
will be the amount of the Injection-Related Customer Charges. This U.S. Dollar value of the Novinium
Warranty Invoice is the amount that will be utilized for the refund calculation in the event of a warranty
claim.
NITS, the Novinium Injection Tracking System, is a database of all cable segments injected and
all Injection-Related Customer Charges at www.novinium.com/NITS.
Non-Demanding Applications are those that are not Demanding Applications.
Novinium Warranty Invoice is an output from NITS, listing all Injection-Related Customer
Charges.
Segment is defined as the length of a single conductor between two terminations, and is identified
with a unique 8-digit number at each termination with a pair of Novinium warranty tags.
Sustained Pressure Rejuvenation (SPR) is the most advanced injection method and provides the
greatest post-injection circuit reliability. SPR is recommended by Novinium for the highest performance
and value. SPR is defined as: (1) injection in polyethylene insulated cables where a pressure in excess
of 50 psig is initially maintained along the entire cable length being treated when the injection is
complete, and (2) all rubber insulated cables whatever the pressure.
Unsustained Pressure Rejuvenation (UPR) provides a less robust treatment option where splices
in the cable are inaccessible. UPR applies to all injection segments that are not Sustained Pressure
Rejuvenation.
Warranty Waiver – Novinium provides the highest quality of craftsmanship in all of its processes.
As an integral part of all Novinium® brand injections, the cable is inspected by Novinium certified
field technicians for a variety of flaws. Novinium recommends correcting identified flaws to assure
the Novinium standard of reliability. The procedures for identifying and correcting such flaws are promulgated
by the Novinium Rejuvenation Instructions, or NRIs. The most current NRIs are always available online
at www.novinium.com/instructions.aspx. Occasionally,
a circuit owner may desire to deviate from the quality recommendations of Novinium even though the deviation
may result in future reliability issues. The circuit owner agrees by executing a Warranty Waiver (See
Exhibit D-3. An electronic version is available at
www.novinium.com/pdf/WarrantyWaiver.pdf.), that the remedy set forth in the Novinium Warranty
will be suspended for the portion of all segments, which suffer the identified flaw(s).
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