Protrip™ trip units chapter 2. trip unit setup, 2–1 overview, 2–2 long-time pickup – GE Industrial Solutions ProTrip Trip Units for Low-Voltage User Manual

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ProTrip™ Trip Units

Chapter 2. Trip Unit Setup

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2–1 Overview

All of the Trip Unit protective functions are set with the

rotary selector switches on the front of the unit. Table 8

contains a summary of the functions and the available

settings.
Most of the selector switch scales (all but instantaneous

pickup) have a heavy curved line, with an arrowhead on

one end, connecting the low and high ends of the scale.

When the switch points anywhere within this region, the

highest value at the end of the line opposite the

arrowhead is the active setting.

2–2 Long-Time Pickup

The long-time pickup set point establishes the breaker’s

nominal ampere rating, C, as a fraction of the rating plug

current, X. The choices for C are .5, .6, .7, .8, .9, .95, 1.0,

and 1.1 times X. Figure 3 illustrates the long-time pickup

settings.

2–3 Long-Time Delay

The long-time delay function allows normal momentary

overloads without nuisance tripping. The nominal time

delays at the lower limits of the bands for 600% of the

long-time current set point, C, for the four selectable

bands are listed in Table 9. Figure 4 illustrates the effect of

this delay on the trip time.

Figure 3. Time-current curve illustrating long-time pickup.

Figure 4. Time-current curve illustrating long-time delay.

Band

Delay, sec

1

2.4

2

4.9

3

9.8

4

20

Table 9. Nominal delays for the long-time delay bands.

Parameter

Pickup Settings

Delay Settings

Delay Curve

Long-Time Trip

.5, .6, .7, .8, .9, .95, 1.0, 1.1

multiple of Rating Plug Current (X)

2.4, 4.9, 9.8, 20 seconds

(Bands 1, 2, 3, 4)

Fixed

Short-Time Trip

1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9

multiple of Long-Time setting (C)

.10, .21, .35 second

(Min, Int, Max)

I

2

T In, I

2

T Out

Instantaneous Trip

1.5, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10

1

, 13

1

, 15

1

multiple of Rating Plug Current (X)

No delay

N/A

Ground-Fault Trip

.2, .25, .3, .35, .4, .45, .5, .6

multiple of Sensor rating (S)

2

.10, .21, .35 seconds

(Min, Int, Max)

I

2

T In, I

2

T Out

1

Maximum setting is limited by the frame size.

2

Maximum setting is limited to 1200 A. Pickup settings are determined by the breaker frame size

Table 8. Summary of protective functions and setting values for each.

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