List of device numbers and acronyms • 33 - Position Switch

• 34 - Master Sequence Device

• 1 - Master Element • 35 - Brush-Operating or Slip-ring Short Circuiting
• 2 - Time-delay Starting or Closing Relay Device
• 3 - Checking or Interlocking Relay, complete • 36 - Polarity or Polarizing Voltage Device
Sequence • 37 - Undercurrent or Underpower Relay
• 4 - Master Protective • 37P - Underpower
• 5 - Stopping Device, Emergency Stop Switch • 38 - Bearing Protective Device / Bearing Rtd
• 6 - Starting Circuit Breaker • 39 - Mechanical Condition Monitor ( Vibration )
• 7 - Rate of Change Relay • 40 - Field Relay / Loss of Excitation
• 7F - Rate Of Change Of Frequency Relay (ROCOF) • 41 - Field Circuit Breaker
• 8 - Control Power Disconnecting Device • 42 - Running Circuit Breaker
• 9 - Reversing Device • 43 - Manual Transfer or Selector Device
• 10 - Unit Sequence Switch • 44 - Unit Sequence Starting Relay
• 11 - Multifunction Device • 45 - Atmospheric Condition Monitor (fumes,
• 12 - Overspeed Device smoke, fire)
• 13 - Synchronous-Speed Device • 46 - Reverse-Phase or Phase Balance Current
• 14 - Underspeed Device Relay or Stator Current Unbalance
• 15 - Speed or Frequency Matching Device • 47 - Phase-Sequence or Phase Balance Voltage
• 16 - Data Communications Device Relay
• 17 - Shunting or Discharge Switch • 48 - Incomplete Sequence Relay / Blocked Rotor
• 18 - Accelerating or Decelerating Device • 49 - Machine or Transformer Thermal Relay /
• 19 - Starting-to-Running Transition Contactor Thermal Overload
• 20 - Electrically-Operated Valve ( Solenoid Valve ) • 49RTD - RTD Biased Thermal Overload
• 21 - Distance Relay • 50 - Instantaneous Overcurrent Relay
• 21G - Ground Distance • 50BF - Breaker Failure or LBB ( Local Breaker
• 21P - Phase Distance Back-up )
• 22 – Equalizer circuit breaker • 50DD - Current Disturbance Detector
• 23 – Temperature control device, Heater • 50EF - End Fault Protection
• 24 – Volts per hertz relay • 50G - Ground Instantaneous Overcurrent
• 25 – Synchronizing or synchronism-check device • 50IG - Isolated Ground Instantaneous
• 26 – Apparatus thermal device, Temperature Overcurrent
Switch • 50LR - Acceleration Time
• 27 – Undervoltage relay • 50N - Neutral Instantaneous Overcurrent
• 27P - Phase Undervoltage • 50NBF - Neutral Instantaneous Breaker Failure
• 27S - DC undervoltage relay • 50P - Phase Instantaneous Overcurrent
• 27TN - Third Harmonic Neutral Undervoltage • 50SG - Sensitive Ground Instantaneous
• 27TN/59N - 100% Stator Earth Fault Overcurrent
• 27X - Auxiliary Undervoltage • 50SP - Split Phase Instantaneous Current
• 27 AUX - Undervoltage Auxiliary Input • 50Q - Negative Sequence Instantaneous
• 27/27X - Bus/Line Undervoltage Overcurrent
• 27/50 - Inadvertent Energization • 50/27 - Inadvertent Energization
• 28 - Flame Detector • 50/51 - Instantaneous / Time-delay Overcurrent
• 29 - Isolating Contactor relay
• 30 - Annunciator Relay • 50/74 - Ct Trouble
• 31 - Separate Excitation Device • 50/87 - Instantaneous Differential
• 32 - Directional Power Relay • 51 - AC Time Overcurrent Relay
• 32L - Low Forward Power • 51C - Voltage Controlled Time Overcurrent
• 32H - High Directional Power • 51G - Ground Time Overcurrent
• 32N - Wattmetric Zero-Sequence Directional • 51LR - AC inverse time overcurrent (locked rotor)
• 32P - Directional Power protection relay
• 32R - Reverse Power • 51N - Neutral Time Overcurrent
• 51P - Phase Time Overcurrent • 73 - Load-Resistor Contactor
• 51R - Locked / Stalled Rotor • 74 - Alarm Relay
• 51V - Voltage Restrained Time Overcurrent • 75 - Position Changing Mechanism
• 51Q - Negative Sequence Time Overcurrent • 76 - DC Overcurrent Relay
• 52 – AC circuit breaker • 77 - Telemetering Device, Speed Sensor
• 52a - AC circuit breaker position (contact open • 78 - Phase Angle Measuring or Out-of-Step
when circuit breaker open) Protective Relay
• 52b - AC circuit breaker position (contact closed • 78V - Loss of Mains
when circuit breaker open) • 79 - AC Reclosing Relay / Auto Reclose
• 53 - Exciter or Dc Generator Relay • 80 - Liquid or Gas Flow Relay
• 54 - Turning Gear Engaging Device • 81 - Frequency Relay
• 55 - Power Factor Relay • 81O - Over Frequency
• 56 - Field Application Relay • 81R - an invalid use of R suffix - refer 7F for Rate
• 57 - Short-Circuiting or Grounding Device Of Change Of Frequency (ROCOF)
• 58 - Rectification Failure Relay • 81U - Under Frequency
• 59 - Overvoltage Relay • 82 - DC Reclosing Relay
• 59B - Bank Phase Overvoltage • 83 - Automatic Selective Control or Transfer
• 59N - Neutral Overvoltage Relay
• 59NU - Neutral Voltage Unbalance • 84 - Operating Mechanism
• 59P - Phase Overvoltage • 85 - Pilot Communications, Carrier or Pilot-Wire
• 59X - Auxiliary Overvoltage Relay
• 59Q - Negative Sequence Overvoltage • 86 - Lock-Out Relay, Master Trip Relay
• 60 - Voltage or Current Balance Relay • 87 - Differential Protective Relay
• 60N - Neutral Current Unbalance • 87B - Bus Differential
• 60P - Phase Current Unbalance • 87G - Generator Differential
• 61 - Density Switch or Sensor • 87GT - Generator/Transformer Differential
• 62 - Time-Delay Stopping or Opening Relay • 87L - Segregated Line Current Differential
• 63 - Pressure Switch Detector • 87LG - Ground Line Current Differential
• 64 - Ground Protective Relay • 87M - Motor Differential
• 64F - Field Ground Protection • 87O - Overall Differential
• 64R – Rotor earth fault • 87PC - Phase Comparison
• 64REF – Restricted earth fault differential • 87RGF - Restricted Ground Fault
• 64S – Stator earth fault • 87S - Stator Differential
• 64S - Sub-harmonic Stator Ground Protection • 87S - Percent Differential
• 64TN - 100% Stator Ground • 87T - Transformer Differential
• 65 - Governor • 87V - Voltage Differential
• 66 - Notching or Jogging Device/Maximum • 88 - Auxiliary Motor or Motor Generator
Starting Rate/Starts Per Hour/Time Between • 89 - Line Switch
Starts • 90 - Regulating Device
• 67 - AC Directional Overcurrent Relay • 91 - Voltage Directional Relay
• 67G - Ground Directional Overcurrent • 92 - Voltage And Power Directional Relay
• 67N - Neutral Directional Overcurrent • 93 - Field-Changing Contactor
• 67Ns – Earth fault directional • 94 - Tripping or Trip-Free Relay
• 67P - Phase Directional Overcurrent • 95 – TRIP CIRCUIT HEALTHY
• 67SG - Sensitive Ground Directional Overcurrent • 96 – Transmitter
• 67Q - Negative Sequence Directional • 97 – For specific applications where other
Overcurrent numbers are not suitable
• 68 - Blocking Relay / Power Swing Blocking • 98 – For specific applications where other
• 69 - Permissive Control Device numbers are not suitable
• 70 - Rheostat • 99 – For specific applications where other
• 71 - Liquid Switch, Level Switch numbers are not suitable
• 72 - DC Circuit Breaker
Acronyms Description • GC - Ground Check
• H - Heater or Housing
• AFD - Arc Flash Detector • L - Line or Logic
• CLK - Clock or Timing Source • M - Motor or Metering
• CLP - Cold Load Pickup • MOC - Mechanism Operated Contact
• DDR – Dynamic Disturbance Recorder • N - Neutral or Network
• DFR – Digital Fault Recorder • O - Over
• DME – Disturbance Monitor Equipment • P - Phase or Pump
• ENV – Environmental data • PC - Phase Comparison
• HIZ – High Impedance Fault Detector • POTT - Pott: Permissive Overreaching Transfer
• HMI – Human Machine Interface Trip
• HST – Historian • PUTT - Putt: Permissive Underreaching Transfer
• LGC – Scheme Logic Trip
• MET – Substation Metering • R - Reactor, Rectifier, or Room
• PDC – Phasor Data Concentrator • S - Synchronizing, Secondary, Strainer, Sump, or
• PMU – Phasor Measurement Unit Suction (Valve)
• PQM – Power Quality Monitor • SOTF - Switch On To Fault
• RIO – Remote Input/Output Device • T - Transformer or Thyratron
• RTD - Resistance Temperature Detector • TD - Time Delay
• RTU – Remote Terminal Unit/Data Concentrator • TDC - Time-Delay Closing Contact
• SER – Sequence of Events Recorder • TDDO - Time Delayed Relay Coil Drop-Out
• TCM – Trip Circuit Monitor • TDO - Time-Delay Opening Contact
• LRSS – Local/Remote selector switch • TDPU - Time Delayed Relay Coil Pickup
• VTFF - Vt Fuse Fail • THD - Total Harmonic Distortion
• TH - Transformer (High-Voltage Side)
Suffixes Description • TL - Transformer (Low-Voltage Side)
• TM - Telemeter
• _1 - Positive-Sequence • TT - Transformer (Tertiary-Voltage Side)
• _2 - Negative-Sequence • Q - Lube Oil
• A - Alarm, Auxiliary Power • W - Water
• AC - Alternating Current • F - Fuel
• AN - Anode • G - Gas
• B - Bus, Battery, or Blower • U - Under or Unit
• BF - Breaker Failure • X - Auxiliary
• BK - Brake • Z - Impedance
• BL - Block (Valve)
• BP - Bypass
• BT - Bus Tie
• BU - Backup
• C - Capacitor, Condenser, Compensator, Carrier
Current, Case or Compressor
• CA - Cathode
• CH - Check (Valve)
• D - Discharge (Valve)
• DC - Direct Current
• DCB - Directional Comparison Blocking
• DCUB - Directional Comparison Unblocking
• DD - Disturbance Detector
• DUTT - Direct Underreaching Transfer Trip
• E - Exciter
• F - Feeder, Field, Filament, Filter, or Fan
• G - Ground or Generator