Instrument Compartment - ABB MNS R System Manual

Construction and functional characteristics

Instrument compartment

The instrument compartment as well
is located in the front side of the
switchgear and it is accessible by
means of a locked hinged door. It can
be dedicated to each functional unit
or be common to several ones. The
measuring instruments, protection re-
lays, control and signalling devices are
normally mounted on the door,
whereas any other auxiliary appara-
tus, such as miniature circuit-break-
ers, protection fuses and auxiliary re-
lays are placed inside the compart-
ment. Apparatus wiring is made with
flexible copper cables and arranged
Instrument compartment with protection relay mounted on the door
in dedicated wiring channels. Each
circuit-breaker terminal blocks are
separated from the others and prop-
erly identified.
Internal compartment with auxiliary apparatus and terminal boxes
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