Dears ;
As we have many types of ” Earthing System “, and each one of them has advantages & disadvantages, so, Mr. Laurent mentioned to the advantages of ” IT system ” that are :
– Too limited value of the 1st fault's current that means long life of equipments.
– The continuity of service : very very important in some applications like Hospitals.
– By using the ” IMD “, we will have an idea about the insulation's level of the networks that means : optimizing of maintenance.
– Ext…
These advantages can't be realized by another system.
Certainly this system is expensive and in some cases ( depending on realisation ) we spend some time to locate the place of the fault, but we need it in some applications. As we have, for 3 phases IT, 2 main types ” IT without distribution of Neutral & IT with distribution of Neutral ” ( depending on the loads' type ), so by choosing the correct one and using the correct ” IMD equipments ” ( depending on the cost ), the IT will be reliable and very usefull.