THREE PHASE OVER CURRENT +

EARTH FAULT RELAY WITH HIGHSET

TYPE MC61A
Relay MC61A is a three phase over current + Earth fault relay with 4 measuring elements.
The relay has built in highest (instantaneous trip) protection, for both over current & earth
fault elements. The relay can be used for feeder protection in all low voltage, medium voltage
and high voltage sub-stations. The relay has a front panel 4 digit seven segment LED display
to read various settings, on line values, switch on values, last trip data etc. User has a choice
of 7 trip time characteristics.

50 / 51, 50N/ 51N

Three Phase Over current
Earth Fault
Highset Over current
Higset earth fault
Inverse & Definite time trip Characteristics
4 digit display
CT secondary 1A / 5a field selectable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
1.0 Rated Current In 1A or 5A (Field selectable)
2.0 Rated Frequency 50Hz ± 2.5 Hz
3.0 Auxiliary Power Supply 24V to 110V AC/DC ± 15% or
95V to 240V AC/DC ± 15%
4.0 Relay Settings:

Over Current (Is) 0.2 to 2.0 times In, in steps of 0.05In

High set Over Current (Ihs)
0.2 to 40 times In, in steps of 0.2 In or Disable
Earth Fault (Os) 0.05 to 0.8 times On in steps of 0.05 On
High set Earth fault (Ohs)0.1 to 20 times On in steps of 0.1 On or Disable
Time Multiplier 0.1 to 1.6 in steps of 0.05 (independent settings for O/C
& E/F modes)
5.0 Operating Characteristics Front panel programmable, using push buttons.

Time /Current Separate characteristics can be selected for O/C &

Characteristics E/F modes.
a) Normal Inverse (NI) 3s
b) Normal Inverse (NI) 1.3s
c) Very Inverse (VI)
d) Extremely Inverse (EI)
e) Definite Time (DT) 1s
f) Definite time (DT) 10s
g) Definite time (DT) 100s

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 High set operating time Less than 50 millisecond at 2 Ihs
Accuracy As per Error class 5 of IS: 3231: 1987
Pick up current Same as set current
Reset Current 95% to 90% of pick up current
Reset time 0.1 to 10sec in steps of 0.1 sec or less than 50 ms

6.0 Burden Less than 0.25 VA/ phase at CT inputs

Less than 10 VA at Auxiliary Power supply

7.0 Operation Indicators Separate LED indications for:

• Power on
• Trip status for R, Y, B & E
(These LEDs blink when input crosses set point and
become steady on when relay has tripped. LEDs
have to be manually reset)
• 4 digits, seven segment LEDs for parameter display
8.0 Output Relay Contacts • 4 contacts for trip signal on feeder faults
(One version with 2N/O + 2 N/C and
Other version with 4 N/O).
• 1 N/C contact for internal relay fault
9.0 Output contact rating
Rated voltage 250 V AC / 30 V DC
Rated current 5A
Rated Breaking Capacity 2000VA / 240 W (Resistive)
10.0 Over Load capacity 2 times rated current continuously
20 times rated current for 1 sec
11.0 Electrical performance Please refer separate document
Specifications “ General Electrical Characteristics”
12.0 Case
Front Bezel 158 x 136 mm
Panel Cutout 142 x 113 mm
Depth 204 mm
13.0 Weight 1.5 kG approx.

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CATALOG NOs.

MC61AAXX000
MC61AAXX001 M C 6 1 A A X X 0 0 0
MC61ABXX000
MC61ABXX001
Aux. Power supply Contact Configuration
A = 24 to 110 V AC/DC ± 10% 0 = 4 N/O
B = 110 to 240 V AC/DC ± 10% 1 = 2 N/O + 2 N/C

ORDERING INFORMATION :
1) Auxiliary Power supply Type A or Type B
2) Contact configuration 4 N/O or 2 N/0 + 2 N/C