These numbers are based on a system that is adopted by a standard for automatic switchgear by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and incorporated in American Standard C37. This system is used with diagrams that are found in instruction books and in. The protection and control devices in electrical equipment can be referred to by numbers, with appropriate suffix letters when necessary, according to the functions they perform. 2 'Electrical Power System Device Function Numbers, Acronyms, and Contact Designations' deals with protective device function numbering and acronyms. One is given in ANSI Standard and uses a numbering system for various functions. It includes 99 device functions numbered 1 through 99 with descriptions such as master element, time-delay starting or closing relay, AC time overcurrent relay, AC circuit breaker, exciter or DC generator.
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