Protection relays have a crucial role in maintaining the safety, reliability, and integrity of electric networks. They recognize problems before they become serious. This decreases the frequency of operation in production, avoids equipment damage, and guarantees a continuous power. The rectangular devices are test connection blocks, used for testing and isolation of instrument transformer circuits. In electrical engineering, a protective relay is a relay device designed to trip a circuit breaker when a fault is detected. Types of Protective Relays: Protective relays are categorized by their mechanism (electromagnetic, static, mechanical) and function. A protective relay is an intelligent device that senses abnormal electrical conditions, such as overcurrent, under-voltage, or frequency deviations.
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