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PGR-5701 Ground-Fault Relay
DISCLAIMER
Specifications are subject to change without notice. Littelfuse, Inc. is not liable for
contingent or consequential damages, or for expenses sustained as a result of
incorrect application, incorrect adjustment, or a malfunction.
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 General
The PGR-5701 is a microprocessor-based ground-fault relay for resistance-
grounded and solidly grounded systems. It is uniquely suited for use on systems with
significant harmonic content. Its output relay can operate in the fail-safe or non-fail-
safe mode for undervoltage or shunt-trip applications. The PGR-5701 has one output
relay with isolated normally open and normally closed contacts for use in independent
control circuits. Additional features include LED trip, power, and inhibit indication,
autoreset or latching trips with front-panel and remote reset, trip memory, test switch,
self diagnostics, 0- to 5-V analog output, inputs for standard and sensitive ground-fault
current transformers, CT verification for sensitive current transformers, digital selector
switches, switch-selectable algorithms for fixed-frequency or variable-frequency
applications, and an inhibit that can be enabled to prevent the output relay from
operating during a high-current ground fault.
Ground-fault current is sensed by a core-balance zero-sequence current transformer
(CT). The trip level of the ground-fault circuit is switch selectable in 1% increments
from 1 to 99% of the CT-primary rating.
1.2 Current-Transformer Selection
A PGR-5701 has inputs for 1-, 5-A, and sensitive 50-mA-secondary CT’s. Choose a
CT that provides the required ground-fault-trip range.
For ground-fault detection, the ground-fault trip level must be substantially below the
prospective ground-fault current. In a solidly grounded system, prospective ground-
fault current is similar to phase-fault current. In a resistance-grounded system,
prospective ground-fault current is defined by the neutral-grounding-resistor let-
through-current rating.
In a solidly grounded system, protection against arcing ground faults requires a
ground-fault CT that will detect low-level fault current but not saturate up to the
operating value of the system overcurrent protection. In general, immunity to
saturation is proportional to CT mass.
To eliminate nuisance tripping, surge current must not saturate the CT.
For low-level ground-fault protection use a PGC-3026 PGC-3082, or PGC-3140,
sensitive earth-fault CT with a 5-A-primary rating. However, protection at this level
might not be possible because of high surge current or prospective ground-fault
current.