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Protection Relay Code

This document lists standard device numbers for protective relays used in North America according to ANSI/IEEE Standard C37.2-2008. The numbers are used to refer to different types of relays, with the most commonly used relays in bold. Letters added as suffixes indicate the application or zone of protection for some relays.

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Protection Relay Code

This document lists standard device numbers for protective relays used in North America according to ANSI/IEEE Standard C37.2-2008. The numbers are used to refer to different types of relays, with the most commonly used relays in bold. Letters added as suffixes indicate the application or zone of protection for some relays.

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Power Systems Protection and Relaying Fall 2018

ANSI/IEEE Standard Device Numbers


In North America protective relays are generally referred to by standard device numbers. Letters
are sometimes added to specify the application (IEEE Standard C37.2-2008).

Device Numbers (the more commonly used ones are in bold)


1 - Master Element 53 – Field Excitation Relay
2 - Time Delay Starting or Closing Relay 55 - Power Factor Relay
3 - Checking or Interlocking Relay 56 - Field Application Relay
4 - Master Contactor 59 - Overvoltage Relay
5 - Stopping Device 60 - Voltage or Current Balance Relay
6 - Starting Circuit Breaker 62 - Time-Delay Stopping or Opening Relay
7 – Rate of Change Relay 63 - Pressure Switch
8 - Control Power Disconnecting Device 64 - Ground Detector Relay
9 - Reversing Device 65 - Governor
10 - Unit Sequence Switch 66 – Notching or jogging device
11 – Multifunction Device 67 - AC Directional Overcurrent Relay
12 - Overspeed Device 68 - Blocking or “out of step” Relay
13 - Synchronous-speed Device 69 - Permissive Control Device
14 - Underspeed Device 74 - Alarm Relay
15 - Speed or Frequency-Matching Device 75 - Position Changing Mechanism
16 – Data Communications Device 76 - DC Overcurrent Relay
20 - Elect. operated valve (solenoid valve) 78 - Phase-Angle Measuring Relay
21 - Distance Relay 79 - AC-Reclosing Relay
23 - Temperature Control Device 81 - Frequency Relay
24 – Volts per Hertz Relay 83 - Automatic Selective Control or Transfer
25 - Synchronizing or Synchronism-Check Relay
Device 84 - Operating Mechanism
26 - Apparatus Thermal Device 85 – Pilot Communications, Carrier or Pilot-
27 - Undervoltage Relay Wire Relay
30 - Annunciator Relay 86 - Lockout Relay
32 - Directional Power Relay 87 - Differential Protective Relay
36 - Polarity or Polarizing Voltage Devices 89 - Line Switch
37 - Undercurrent or Underpower Relay 90 - Regulating Device
38 - Bearing Protective Device 91 - Voltage Directional Relay
39 - Mechanical Condition Monitor 92 - Voltage and Power Directional Relay
40 –Field (over/under excitation) Relay 94 - Tripping or Trip-Free Relay
41 - Field Circuit Breaker
42 - Running Circuit Breaker Suffixes indicating zone of protection
43 - Manual Transfer or Selector Device B –Bus
46 – Rev. phase or Phase-Bal. Current Relay G – Ground or generator
47 - Phase-Seq. or Phase-Bal. Voltage Relay L—Line
48 - Incomplete-Sequence Relay N –Neutral
49 - Machine or Transformer Thermal Relay T – Transformer
50 - Instantaneous Overcurrent U—Unit
51 - AC Inverse Time Overcurrent Relay
52 - AC Circuit Breaker

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