TRIP CIRCUIT SUPERVISION RELAYS - TYPE V95RS

Features
Simple and reliable construction
Electromechanical design
Compact panel mounting case

TYPE TESTED AT CPRI, BANGALORE

Application
Pre & Post closing supervision of Circuit Breaker trip circuit.
Supervision of tripping relay operating coil.
Description
Type V95RS relay comprises hinged armature, electromechanical elements working on the attracted
armature principle. Each operating element consists of armature, yoke, core and a hinge piece forming
the electromagnetic path. The operating coil is wound, with super enamelled copper wires having high
thermal rating, over a bobbin through which the core is passed. When the coil is energized, the core is
magnetized and attracts the hinged armature which in turn actuates the closing and opening of the
contacts.
The relay is available in two versions viz. Type V95RS2 having two elements and Type V95RS3 having
three elements. Type V95RS2 is suitable for post closing supervision of CB trip circuit and for
supervision of trip relay operating coil. Type V95RS3 is suitable for both pre and post closing supervision
of CB trip circuit.
The essential requirement of a Trip Circuit Supervision relay is that it should have a maximum
pick-up current which will not be sufficient to energise either the CB trip coil or the tripping relay coil, and
at the same time will be able to supervise the healthiness of the entire trip circuit comprising DC supply,
the tripping cable, CB auxiliary contacts and the CB trip coil, or the tripping relay coil and the DC supply
to which it is connected.

The three operating elements in the Trip Circuit Supervision relay are designated as A, B and C. Type
V95RS2 relay comprises elements A and C whereas type V95RS3 relay comprises all the three elements
A, B and C. The elements A and B are designed to have a maximum pick-up current of less than
10milliamps.The element C is a standard auxiliary relay which is energised by the normally open contacts
of elements A and B, and provides the output contacts for alarm, interlock etc. It is provided with a hand
reset, reverse flag (operation indicator).
The elements A and B are connected in series with internal resistors, so that maximum voltage drop
occurs across these elements when the relay is connected in series with circuit breaker trip coil or
tripping relay coil.
The trip circuit supervision relay is mounted in a compact, plug-in type case, suitable for flush or
projection mounting on panels.
Principle of Operation:
Please refer to the Application Diagrams given in figures 1, 2 & 3

a) Post closing supervision only :- (Type V95RS2 relay)

Referring to Fig.1, under normal healthy conditions, when the CB is open, the element A is de-energized
but the element C is kept energised by the normally closed CB auxiliary contact 52b.This prevents false
alarm being given when the CB is open.
When the CB is closed, the element A of the relay gets energised through the normally open contact
52a of the CB and the CB trip coil. In turn, it keeps element C energised through its NO contact.
If there is any fault in the CB trip circuit when the CB remains closed, element A will drop-off and
de-energise element C, which will give the necessary alarm.

b) Both pre and post closing supervision :- (Type V95RS3 relay)

Referring to fig.2, under normal healthy conditions, when the CB is open, the element A of the supervision
relay is in series with element B and the CB trip coil. Both the elements A and B are energised, and in turn
they energize the element C. The contacts of element C are connected for alarm and interlocking (in the
CB closing circuit). As long as the CB trip circuit is healthy, the element C remains energized and allows
the CB to be closed. If there is any fault in the CB circuit, both elements A and B will drop-off and
de-energise element C which in turn will give ‘Trip circuit Faulty’ alarm and also prevent closing of the CB
by opening its NO contact in the CB closing circuit. The relay will thus provide pre-closing supervision
of the CB trip circuit.
When the CB is closed, only element A will be in series with the trip coil and it will remain energized
as long as the trip circuit is healthy. It will, in turn, keep element C energized. If the trip circuit becomes
faulty, element A will drop off and de-energize element C which will then give the ‘Trip Circuit Faulty’ alarm.

The purpose of providing element B in the relay is to ensure that under all conditions, the main tripping
cable (denoted as ‘a’ in the application diagram) is always supervised, which is very essential. Also, if the
CB trip initiating contact (’PR’ in the application diagram) is a hand reset contact, it will short out the coil
of element A on operation, which will drop-off and de-energize element C resulting in a false alarm.
However, as soon as the CB is tripped and element A is shorted by the initiating contact PR, the element B
will pickup and keep element C energized , thus preventing the false alarm.
The element C is time delayed on drop-off by 400 milliseconds so that it does not mal-operate during
the time CB is tripped and the NO & NC auxiliary contacts of the CB change over.

C) Supervision of trip relay coil :- (Type V95RS2 relay)

Referring to fig.3, the element A is in series with the trip relay coil 86. As long as the coil and the DC supply
are healthy, element A will remain energized and in turn, will keep element C energized. If there is any fault,
element A will drop-off and de-energize element C which will give the alarm.
When the trip relay operates , its coil cut off contact 86-1 will open out and de-energize element A.
However, 1 NO contact of the trip relay is connected in parallel with the contact of element A so that
the element C will be kept energized even when the trip relay operates, and false alarm will be prevented.
Technical Data
1. Coil Rating : 24,30,48,100/125 & 200/250 Volts DC 10. Operation Indicator
Mechanically operated, hand reset ,reverse flag
2. Operating (on element C only)
Range : 50 to120% of rated voltage for element C
3. Maximum : <10 milli-amps for element A and B 11. Durability
Pick-up current Loaded contact - 10,000 operations minimum
Unloaded contact - 100,000 operations minimum
4. Operating Time : 15 to 20 milli-seconds typical at rated voltage
12. Atmospheric Environment
5. Reset Time : 400 milli-seconds for element C
Temperature IEC 60255-1
6. Rated Burden : 4 watts nominal at rated voltage for element C
Storage and transit - 20 C to +70 C
7. Contacts
Operating - 10 C to +55 C
2 Make and 2 Break, self reset contacts are provided on
element C Humidity Upto 95% RH and + 40 C

Enclosure Protection IEC 60529:1989

8. Contact Ratings
IP50 (dust protected)

AC DC 13. Mechanical Environment

Make and Vibration IEC 60255-21-1:1988

1250VA with 1250W with
carry maxima maxima Response Class 2
continuously of 5A and 660V of 5A and 660V
Endurance Class 2
Seismic IEC 60255-21-3: 1993
Make and
carry 7500VA with 7500W with Class 2.0
for 3.0 maxima maxima
seconds of 30A and 660V of 30A and 660V
14. CASES
100W (resistive) or
Break 1250VA with 50W (inductive-
maxima
The relay is mounted in size 2,plug- in case, having
L/R=0.04s) with
of 5A and 660V maxima of 5A and 660V 28 terminals and dimensions 102x182x215 mm
(HxWxD), suitable for flush or projection mounting

9. High Voltage Withstand The cases is tropicalised.

Dielectric Withstand
IEC 60255-5:1977 15. Information required with order

2kV rms for 1 minute between all terminals and case earth Relay type (V95RS2 or V95RS3)
2kV rms for 1 minute between terminals of independent Coil voltage rating
circuits with terminals on each independent circuit
connected together.
1 kV rms for 1 minute across normally open contacts.

Publication No :- VRP -003(A)

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