Installing The Meter - ABB C13 User Manual

Installation

3.3 Installing the Meter

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Warning – Electrical equipment should only be installed, accessed, serviced and
maintained by qualified electrical personnel.
Working with high voltage is potentially lethal. Persons subjected to high voltage may
suffer cardiac arrest, burn injuries, or other severe injuries. To avoid such injuries,
make sure to disconnect the power supply before you start the installation.
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Warning – For safety reasons it is recommended that the equipment is installed in a
way that makes it impossible to reach or touch the terminal blocks by accident.
The best way to make a safe installation is to install the unit in an enclosure. Further,
access to the equipment should be limited through use of lock and key, controlled by
qualified electrical personnel.
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Warning – The meters must always be protected by fuses on the incoming side.
In order to allow for maintenance of transformer rated meters, it is recommended that
there should be a short circuiting device installed near the meter.
Installation To comply with the protection requirements the meter must be mounted in protec-
tion class IP 51 enclosures, or better, according to IEC 60259.
requirements
Meters with wireless communication should not be installed closer than 20 cm
from people.
Install the meter
Follow the steps in the table below to install the meter:
Step
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2
3
4
5
6
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Verify the The C13 meter has a red LED next to the push button on the front of the meter
that flashes proportionally to the active energy. The LED has a fixed pulse fre-
installation
quency of 1000 imp/kWh and can be used to test and verify the installation. If the
LED flashes when the mains power is turned on, the installation was successful.
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Action
Switch off the mains power.
Place the meter on the DIN-rail and make sure it snaps onto it.
Strip the cable insulation to the length that is indicated on the meter.
Connect the cables according to the wiring diagram that is printed on the me-
ter and tighten the screws (0.8 Nm).
Install the circuit protection (max 40 A).
Connect the output to an external power supply (max 5–40 V). See the wiring
diagram printed on the meter.
Turn on the mains power.
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