These numbers are based on a system that is adopted by a standard for automatic switchgear by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and incorporated in American Standard C37. This system is used with diagrams that are found in instruction books and in. This handbook covers the code of practice in protection circuitry including standard lead and device numbers, mode of connections at terminal strips, colour codes in multicore cables, dos and donts in execution. Also principles of various protective relays and schemes including special protection. The protection and control devices in electrical equipment can be referred to by numbers, with appropriate suffix letters when necessary, according to the functions they perform. It includes 99 device functions numbered 1 through 99 with descriptions such as master element, time-delay starting or closing relay, AC time overcurrent relay, AC circuit breaker, exciter or DC generator. There are two methods for indicating protection relay functions in common use. One is given in ANSI Standard and uses a numbering system for various functions.
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