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
2.0
3.0

Rated Current In
Rated Frequency
Auxiliary Power Supply

4.0

Relay Settings:

1A or 5A (Field selectable)
50Hz 2.5 Hz
24V to 110V AC/DC 15% or
95V to 240V AC/DC 15%

Over Current (Is)

High set Over Current (Ihs)
Earth Fault (Os)
High set Earth fault (Ohs)
Time Multiplier

5.0

0.2 to 2.0 times In, in steps of 0.05In

0.2 to 40 times In, in steps of 0.2 In or Disable
0.05 to 0.8 times On in steps of 0.05 On
0.1 to 20 times On in steps of 0.1 On or Disable
0.1 to 1.6 in steps of 0.05 (independent settings for O/C
& E/F modes)
Operating Characteristics Front panel programmable, using push buttons.
Time /Current
Characteristics

Separate characteristics can be selected for O/C &

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

Accuracy
Pick up current
Reset Current
Reset time

Less than 50 millisecond at 2 Ihs

As per Error class 5 of IS: 3231: 1987
Same as set current
95% to 90% of pick up current
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

8.0

Output Relay Contacts

9.0

Output contact rating

Rated voltage
Rated current
Rated Breaking Capacity
Over Load capacity

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
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

10.0
11.0
12.0

13.0

Electrical performance
Specifications
Case
Front Bezel
Panel Cutout
Depth
Weight

250 V AC / 30 V DC
5A
2000VA / 240 W (Resistive)
2 times rated current continuously
20 times rated current for 1 sec
Please refer separate document
General Electrical Characteristics
158 x 136 mm
142 x 113 mm
204 mm
1.5 kG approx.

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CATALOG NOs.
MC61AAXX000
MC61AAXX001
MC61ABXX000
MC61ABXX001

M C

Aux. Power supply

A = 24 to 110 V AC/DC 10%
B = 110 to 240 V AC/DC 10%

Auxiliary Power supply

Contact configuration

Contact Configuration
0 = 4 N/O
1 = 2 N/O + 2 N/C

ORDERING INFORMATION :
1)
2)

Type A or Type B
4 N/O or 2 N/0 + 2 N/C