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ZSI allows electronic trip devices to communicate with each other so that a short-circuit
or ground fault will be isolated and cleared by the nearest upstream circuit breaker with
no intentional time delay. Devices in all other areas of this system (including upstream)
remain closed to maintain service to unaffected loads.
Without ZSI, a coordinated system results in the circuit breaker closest to the fault
clearing the fault, but with an intentional delay. With ZSI, the device closest to the fault
will ignore its preset short-time and/or ground-fault delays and clears the fault with no
intentional delay.
Long Time Ampere Rating and Delay: This adjustable function simulates the effect of
a bimetal in a thermal-magnetic circuit breaker. It reacts to overload conditions and
determines how much current the circuit breaker will carry continuously. The nominal
pickup point where a circuit breaker trip unit detects an overload is a predetermined
amount (typically 1.1) times the selected ampere rating of the circuit breaker. After the
circuit breaker has picked up, it will not trip until the delay determined by the long time
delay adjustment has been achieved.
Short-Time Pickup and Delay: The short-time function allows the circuit breaker to
delay before tripping on high level overcurrents, resulting in maximum coordination.
A high level selective override is placed into all (???) circuit breakers to instantaneously
trip them in the event of an extremely high level short-circuit. On circuit breakers
without the instantaneous pickup adjustment, this particular function is referred to as
short-time withstand rating.
I2 t IN: results in an inverse time delay characteristic that coordinates best with thermal-
magnetic and electronic trip circuit breakers.
I2 t OUT: results in a constant delay characteristic that coordinates best with thermal-
magnetic and electronic trip circuit breakers.
Ground Fault Pickup and Delay: The ground fault function is divided into pickup and
delay components. The pickup portion determines at what point the circuit breaker will
begin detecting a ground fault. The delay adjustment determines how long the circuit
breaker will delay tripping after a ground fault has been detected.
Interrupting Rating: The highest current at rated voltage that a circuit breaker is
intended to interrupt under standard test conditions. The interruption rating of a circuit
breaker must be equal to or greater than the available short-circuit current at the point at
which the circuit breaker is applied on the system
Shorter definitions:
Continuous Current Rating: The designated amperes (rms ac or dc) that a device or
assembly will carry continuously in free air without tripping or exceeding temperature
limits.
Ground-Fault Delay: The length of time the circuit breaker trip unit will delay before
initiating a trip signal to the circuit breaker after a ground fault has been detected.
Ground-Fault Pickup: The level of ground-fault current at which the trip system begins
timing.
Instantaneous Pickup: The current level at which the circuit breaker will trip with no
intentional time delay.
Inverse Time: A qualifying term indicating that there is a purposely introduced delayed
tripping in which the delay decreases as the magnitude of the current increases.
Long-time Delay: The length of time the circuit breaker will carry a sustained
overcurrent (greater than the long-time pickup value) before initiating a trip signal.
Long-time Pickup: The current at which the long-time delay function is initiated.
Overcurrent: Any current in excess of the rated continuous current of equipment or the
ampacity of a conductor.
Rating Plug: A component that plugs into the electronic trip unit, establishing the
maximum continuous current rating of the circuit breaker.
Sensor Ampere Rating: The size of the current transformer for rated output.
Short-Time Delay: The length of time the circuit breaker will carry a short-circuit
current (greater than the short-time pickup value) before initiating a trip signal.
Short-Time Pickup: The current at which the short-time delay function is initiated.
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