IEC IEEE EC 62271-111 Edition 2.02012-09 INTERNATIONAL IEEE C37.60TM STANDARD colour inside High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 111: Automatic circuit reclosers and fault interrupters for alternating current systems up to 38 kv IEC 62271-111:2012(E)IEEE Std.C37.60-2012 THIS PUBLICATION IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED Copyright @ 2012 IEEE Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the IEC Central Office. Any questions about IEEE copyright should be addressed to the IEEE.Enquiries about obtaining additional rights to this publication and other information requests should be addressed to the IEC or your local IEc member National Committee. IEC Central Office Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 3,rue de Varembé 3 Park Avenue CH-1211 Geneva 20 New York, NY 10016-5997 Switzerland United States of America Tel.: +41 22 919 02 11 [email protected] Fax:+41229190300 www.ieee.org [email protected] www.iec.ch About the IEC International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. About IEC publications The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC. Please make sure that you have the latest edition, a corrigenda or an amendmentmight havebeenpublished. Useful links: IECpublicationssearch-www.iec.ch/searchpub Electropedia - www.electropedia.org The advanced search enables you to find IEC publications The world's leading online dictionary of electronic and by a variety of criteria (reference number, text, technical electrical terms containing morethan 30 000 terms and committee....). definitions in English and French, with equivalent terms in It also gives. information on projects, replaced and additional languages.Also known as the International withdrawn publications. Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) on-line. IEC Just Published - webstore.iec.ch/justpublished CustomerServiceCentre-webstore.iec.ch/csc Stay up to date on all new IEC publications. Just Published If you wish to give us your feedback on this publication details all new publications released.Available on-line and or need further assistance,please contactthe also once a month by email Customer Service Centre:[email protected]. IEC IEEE IEC 62271-111 Edition 2.02012-09 INTERNATIONAL IEEE C37.60TM STANDARD colour inside High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 111: Automatic circuit reclosers and fault interrupters for alternating current systems upto38kV INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION PRICECODE XF ICS 29.130.10 ISBN 978-2-83220-332-3 Warning! Make sure that you obtained this publication from an authorized distributor. IEC 62271-111:2012(E) IEEE Std C37.60-2012(E) CONTENTS FOREWORD.. 11 Overview. 14 1.1 Scope. 14 1.2 Normative references ... 2 Normal and special service conditions .. 15 2.101 General.. 15 2.102 Normal service conditions .. 2.102.1 Indoor switchgear and controlgear 2.102.2 Outdoor switchgear and controlgear... 2.103 Special service conditions. 17 2.103.1 General.. 2.103.2 Altitude.. 2.103.3 Pollution.. 2.103.4 Temperature and humidity... 2.103.5 Vibrations, shock, or tilting... 18 2.103.6 Wind speed.. 18 2.103.7 Other special (unusual) service conditions 18 3 Terms and definitions. 3.1 General terms 19 3.2 Assemblies of switchgear and controlgear. .21 3.3 Parts of assemblies.. 3.4 Switching devices... 3.5 Parts of switchgear and controlgear 3.6 Operation.. .21 3.7 Characteristic quantities .. .22 3.8 Index of definitions ... .23 Ratings. .23 4.1 Rated voltage (U,) .24 4.2 Rated insulation level.. .25 4.3 Rated frequency (f) ... .26 4.4 Rated normal current and temperature rise. .26 4.4.1 Rated normal current (Ir) .... 4.4.2 Temperature rise .... 4.4.3 Particular points of Table 4. 4.5 Rated short-time withstand current (Ik) ..30 4.6 Rated peak withstand current (Ip)... ..31 4.7 Rated duration of short-circuit (tk) .31 4.8 Rated supply voltage of closing and opening devices and of aux