ABB REL 551 2.3 Series Installation And Comissioning Manual page 90



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Broken conductor check (BRC)
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Prepare the terminal for verification of settings as outlined in section "Preparing for
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Observe the maximum permitted overloading of the current cir-
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Use the BRC--TRIP signal from the configured binary output to
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