M3 Breaker Maintenance; Trip Coil - GE Multilin 350 Series Instruction Manual

M3 BREAKER MAINTENANCE

M3 Breaker maintenance

Trip coil

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The Trip coil monitoring is performed by a built-in voltage monitor on the Form A output
relay: #1 Trip. The voltage monitor is connected across the Form A contact, and effectively
the relay detects healthy current through the circuit. To do that, an external jumper must
be made between terminals "A2" and "A3" for Trip coil monitoring.
As long as the current through the Voltage Monitor is above the threshold of the trickle
currents (see Technical Specification for Form A output relays), the circuit integrity for the
Trip coil is effectively normal. If the Trip coil circuit gets disconnected, or if in general a high
resistance is detected in the circuitry, a Trip alarm will be set and the "ALARM" and
"MAINTENANCE" LEDs will be on.
Example 1: The figure below shows the connections of the breaker trip coil to the relay's
trip output relay for voltage monitoring of the trip circuit.
To monitor the trip coil circuit integrity, use the relay terminals "A2" and "B3" to connect the
Trip coil, and provide a jumper between terminals "A2" and "A3" (voltage monitor).
Figure 2: Trip Coil circuit with voltage monitoring
Output Relay 2 (TRIP)
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Example 2: Some applications require that the Trip coil be monitored continuously,
regardless of the breaker position (open or closed). This can be achieved by connecting a
suitable resistor (see the table) across breaker auxiliary contact 52a in the trip circuit. With
such connections, the trickle current will be maintained by the resistor when the breaker is
open. For these applications the setting for "BYPASS BKR STATUS" should be set to
ENABLED.
DC +
External
jumper
A2
B3
V
A3
52a
contact
Trip
Coil
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