Motor protection relay SPAM 150C

Operation Indicators

Indication Explanation

1   a Thermal overload alarm

2    t Thermal unit has trip

3 Thermal restart inhibit level is exceeded

4 I  Over current high set stage trip

5  I Unbalance protection trip

6 I2 x t Start up stall protection trip

7 I0 Earth fault trip

8 I Under current trip

9 External tripping carried out

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1 A I / I n Motor FL current I as a multiple of the 0.86 of In 0.5 – 1.5 In
relay rated current In. tripping will be carried
out if the current exceeds the set value by
more than 5% of extended amount of time.
B T6x Maximum safe stall time, i.e. operate time 10 sec 2 – 120 Sec
in seconds for a cold motor at six times the
FL current I.
C P Weighting factor for thermal unit curves. 50 % 20 – 100%
2 A a Prior alarm level for an approaching 90 % 50 – 100%
thermal overload in % of the trip level.
B I Restart inhibit level for a thermal overload 40 % 20 – 80%
condition in % of trip level.
C Kc Cooling reduction factor for motor 4 x heating 1 – 64 x
standstill compared to the heating time time contant heating time
constant. contant.
3 A Is / I n Motor start current setting, as a multiple 5.88 1 – 10 in
of relay rated current In.
B Ts Motor start time setting in sec 6 sec 0.3 – 80 Sec
4 A I >> High set over current unit setting as 4 0.5 – 20 In
multiples of relay rated current In. and infinite
B T >> High set stage operate time in Sec 0.04 Sec 0.04 – 30 Sec
5 A I0 Start current setting I0 for the earth fault 20 % 1 – 100 %
unit in % of the relay rated current In.
B T0 Operate time of the earth fault unit in Sec 0.5 sec 0.05 – 30 Sec
6 A I Setting I for the unbalance protection in % 35 % 10 – 40 %
highest phase current.
 B t Operate time at the starting level in sec, 80 sec 20 – 120 Sec
inverse time operate time for the incorrect --
phase sequence current protection. <1s
7 A I< Starting value for the under current unit in -- 30 – 80 %
% of the motor FL current and off
B T< Operate time of the under current unit in -- 2 – 600 Sec
Sec
8 A tsi Time-base start inhibit counter setting in 120 sec 5 – 500 Sec
Sec
B ts Count down rate of the start time counter in 5 s/h 2 – 250 S/h
sec per hour.
9 SGF The checksums of the selector switch 83
groups SGF (switch group function).
10 SGB The checksums of the selector switch 64
groups SGB (switch group blocking).
11 SGR1 The checksums of the selector switch 129
SGR2 groups SGR. 250
Relay setting details:

1. SPAJ 140 C

Parameter Symbol Incomer – 1 Incomer – 2 Link feeder –1 Link feeder – 2 Bus coupler

Ik > /In 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Tk > [s] 0.5 5 0.5 0.05
I >> /In 0.5 2.5 5 2.5
T >> [s] 0.3 1 0.4 2
Io > / In 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
To > [s] 0.5 5 0.5 0.05
Io >>/In 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
To >> [s] 0.3 0.05 0.3 0.5
SGF 115 115 115 115
SGB 96 96 96 96
SGR 171 171 171 171

2. SPAU 130 C:

Parameter Symbol Incomer – 1 Incomer – 2

U > /U 1.59 1.21

T > [s] 1.03 0.53
U < /U 0.83 0.8
T < [s] 1.3 6.8
SG1 32 0
SGR 4,5 & 6 switches are on same
therefore value is 56