Control Circuit Protection

General Data
Trip characteristics

Tripping characteristics acc. to EN 60 898

Tripping characteristic A, -5 Tripping characteristic B, -6
Type A characteristic is de- Type B characteristic de-
signed to protect very sensi- signed for European resi-
tive circuits such as dential circuit protection.
semiconductors. Magnetic This characteristic can also
trip point - 2 to 3 times In rat- be used for protection of
ing. Thermal trip point - 1.13 computers and electronic
to 1.45 protector rating. equipment. Magnetic trip
point - 3 to 5 times In rating.
Thermal trip point - 1.13 to
1.45 protector rating.

Tripping characteristic C, -7 Tripping characteristic D, -8

Type C characteristic is for Type D characteristic is de-
general device protection in 120
1,13 1,45 signed for high inrush loads. 1,13 1,45
A I2_06353c 120
control circuits. Magnetic 60
Magnetic trip point - 10 to 20 A I2_06354c

trip point - 5 to10 times In rat- 40 times In rating. Thermal trip 60

40
ing. Thermal trip point - 1.13 point - 1.13 to 1.45 protector
Minutes

20

Minutes
20
to 1.45 protector rating. 10 rating. 10
6 6
4
Tripping time

Tripping time
2 2
1 1
40 40
20 20
10 10
6 6
4 4
Seconds

2
Seconds

2
1 1
0,6 0,6
0,4 0,4
0,2 0,2
0,1 0,1
0,06 0,06
0,04 0,04
0,02 0,02
0,01 0,01
1 1,5 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 15 20 30 1 1,5 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 15 20 30
Multiple of rated current Multiple of rated current

For different ambient tempera- If more that one electrical circuit

tures, the current values of the is loaded in a series of miniature Number 1 2-3 4-6 >7
delayed tripping operation circuit breakers or supplemen- Correction factor K 1.00 0.90 0.88 0.85
change by approximately 5% tary protectors, the resulting in-
per 10°K temperature differ- crease in ambient temperature
ence. Specifically they increase affects the characteristic curve.
for temperatures below 25°C In this case an additional cor-
(5SJ41), 30°C (5SP, 5SX, 5SY) rection factor found in the fol-
and decrease for temperatures lowing table must be used.
above 25°C (5SJ41), 30°C (5SP,
5SX, 5SY).
For DC voltages the maximum
current values of the instanta-
neous tripping operation in-
crease by a factor of 1.2.

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