Ground-Fault Alarm - Siemens SENTRON 3WA1 Manual

2.3.5.6

Ground-fault alarm

A ground fault can occur due to aging and the resulting deterioration of an insulating
component in a power distribution system or due to a foreign body in the system. If the
fault resistance is so high that the ground-fault current is below the settings of the
ground-fault protection, the electronic trip unit will not trip. With the ground-fault alarm,
a high-resistance ground fault can be detected without switching off the system. Then
the elimination of the fault must be initiated.
The ground-fault alarm detects fault currents between the conductors and grounded
parts of the power distribution system. It responds when the rms value of the ground-
fault current exceeds the set alarm threshold I
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As an option, the ground-fault alarm function can detect intermittent faults over a period
of 5 s.
The intermittent detection is only available if a GF protective function is present and
intermittent detection for the GF protective function is activated. For more information,
see Chapter Ground-fault protection GF (Page 58).
Characteristic
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