Digital Breaker Supervision

Supervision of the integrity of

breaker tripping and closing coils.

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Features and Benefits Applications
■ Simple dip switch setting ■ Supervising breaker tripping and closing
■ Compact 19" rack mount case coils
■ Digital technology Protection and Control
■ Checks coil continuity regardless of ■ Breaker coils supervision
breaker status ■ Circuit breaker control power under-
■ Simultaneous supervision of up to three voltage
different coils
Monitoring and Metering
■ Measures real resistance
■ DC power supply, coil resistance
■ Time delay feature prevents mis-
operation during transitions
■ Inhibition switch for use during
maintenance

GE Multilin 1
 DBT Digital Breaker Supervision

Protection Typical Wiring

The DBT is a digital relay that
supervises the integrity of the
breaker’s tripping and closing
TRIP CIRCUIT AUXILIARY
coils. The relay checks the conti- POWER SUPPLY POWER SUPPLY
nuity of the coil regardless of the DC POWER SUPPLY CAN BE THE SAME

status of the breaker on single or

three-pole tripping schemes. It
can supervise three coils at the
same time. A DC undervoltage B9 B10 B11 B12
G G
unit checks the circuit breaker GE Multilin

SURGE
CONTROL

CASE
operating power supply voltage. DBT POWER
Digital Breaker Tripping GND
BUS
C1 CASE SCREW
Monitoring and D1
DISABLE

C2
Metering D2
DISABLE SYSTEM
READY
C12
D12
The DBT relay has an advantage C3 BREAKER C11
DISABLE
D3 CIRCUIT OK D11
over coil supervision relays which
C4 BREAKER C10
are based only on continuity, as it DISABLE

INPUTS
D4 CIRCUIT OK D10

OUTPUTS
also measures real resistance. The B1 BREAKER BREAKER C9
advantage of this method is selec- TRIP B2 VOLTAGE VOLTAGE OK D9
tivity. The DBT is able to detect fail- B3 a TRIP COIL COIL C8
B4 b No. 1 No. 1 OK D8
ures in the circuit breaker coils
a b B5 a TRIP COIL COIL C7
even when there are coils from No. 2 No. 2 OK
AS T.C. B6 b D7
different auxiliary circuits connect- No. 1 B7 a C6
TRIP COIL COIL
ed in parallel. In this situation a fail- TRIP B8 b No. 3 No. 3 OK D6
COIL
ure or a broken lead would not be 1 External connections for model DBT3000A0*0H00
detected based only on continuity,
NOTE: The contacts position is shown without Aux. Voltage. 726701A6.CDR
because there would be an alterna- When applying auxiliary voltage, and with the breaker OK,
ALL contacts will change their status.
tive path in the parallel coil. The
resistance measurement used by
the DBT will detect this condition.
In order to make this resistance
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measurement it injects a 5 mA DBT Technical Specifications
current, measures the voltage
drop, and calculates the resistance. METERING POWER SUPPLY
ACCURACY 110/125 VDC, ± 20%
Voltage: ±5% 220/250 VDC, ±20%
Resistance: ±10%
Time: 20 ms APPROVALS
Ordering INPUTS
Compliant

BURDENS ENVIRONMENTAL
DBT * 000 A 0 * 0 H ** Voltage Burden:
110/125 VDC model: 48 kΩ
Temperature Range:
DBT Base DBT Operation: -25° C to + 55° C
220/250 VDC model: 96 kΩ Storage: -40° C to + 65° C
3 3 coils (three-phase) Digital Inputs Burden: according to IEC 255-6 and
110/125 VDC Model: 66 kΩ ANSI C37.90
1 110 – 125 VDC 220/250 VDC Model: 132 kΩ Ambient Humidity: up to 95% without condensation
2 220 – 250 VDC DC Power Supply Burden: <7.5 W
00 5 NO 1 NC PACKAGING
(shown in typical wiring) OUTPUTS Weight:
Net: 3 kg
01 1 NO 5 NC OUTPUT CONTACTS Packed: 4 kg
02 2 NO 4 NC Breaking Capacity: 4000 VA Dimensions:
Max DC Operating Voltage: 300 VDC Width: 483 mm (19")
Max AC Operating Voltage: 440 VAC Depth: 214 mm
NOTE: If the breaker has only one coil, one Continuous Current: 16 A
DBT can be used to supervise three breakers, Height: 43 mm (1 unit high)
Closing: 30 A
provided they use the same voltage supply. *Specifications subject to change without notice.

Dimensions CUTOUT
FRONT VIEW SIDE VIEW 18.32
8.43 (165) 0.28 Dia.
17.38 (7) 4 Pl.
19.00 1.20 (214) 6.38
(483) (162) (441)
(31)
1.70 CUTOUT 1.77
(43) (45)
726700A1.DWG
INCHES
(mm) 1.25 0.26
(32) (7)

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