Breakers
You can integrate the following circuit breakers. For more information Power Devices, refer to the Breakers’ manual.
Connect the 3VA molded-case circuit breakers to powermanager via COM800 gateway. The 3VA series is designed for use in applications with higher technical requirements and a rated current of up to 630 A. In addition to an increased switching capacity of up to 150 kA, these MCCBs come with an electronic trip unit (ETU), and an integration capability for metering and communication functions.
The current-limiting contact system furthermore ensures a very high switching capacity. ETUs guarantee reliable overload protection, short-term delayed or instantaneous tripping in case of a short-circuit, neutral conductor protection, and fault protection against ground.
Mobile test devices allow the checking and parameterization of ETU functions in MCCBs on site.
State symbols of the molded-case circuit breaker
Different states of the molded-case circuit breaker are represented as a circuit-breaker symbol. The state symbol of the molded-case circuit breaker indicates the position of the molded-case circuit breaker in the frame. You can see whether the molded-case circuit breaker is open or closed. The background color designates the status of the relevant message.
Color | Message status | Meaning |
Green | Green | No messages pending |
Yellow | Yellow | At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending |
Red | Red | At least one trip message is currently pending |
White | White | No information available about the existence of messages |
State Symbol without Guide Frame | State Symbol with Guide Frame | Description of the State |
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| The circuit breaker is not available. NOTE: At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are pending. |
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| The circuit breaker is not available. NOTE: At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is pending. |
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| The circuit breaker is not available. NOTE: At the moment, a tripping message is pending. |
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| The circuit breaker is opened. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
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| The circuit breaker is opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is opened. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is opened. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
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| The circuit breaker is opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is opened. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is in the disconnected position. |
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| The circuit breaker is in disconnected position. The circuit breaker is closed. At the moment there are neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages present. |
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| The circuit breaker is in disconnected position. The circuit breaker is closed. At the moment a tripping message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is in disconnected position. The circuit breaker is closed. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is in disconnected position. The circuit breaker is opened. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
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| The circuit breaker is in disconnected position. The circuit breaker is opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is in disconnected position. The circuit breaker is opened. At the moment, is at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is closed. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
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| The circuit breaker is closed. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is closed. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is closed. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
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| The circuit breaker is closed. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is closed. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
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| It is unknown, if the circuit breaker is closed or opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
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| It is unknown, if the circuit breaker is closed or opened. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
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| It is unknown, if the circuit breaker is closed or opened. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
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| It is unknown, if the circuit breaker is closed or opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
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| It is unknown, if the circuit breaker is closed or opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
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| It is unknown, if the circuit breaker is closed or opened. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker is in test position and has tripped. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
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| The circuit breaker is in test position and has tripped. At the moment a tripping message is present. |
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| The circuit breaker has tripped. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
offline | offline | The circuit breaker is in test position and has tripped. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
3WL are air circuit breakers. They can transfer important information to the software to carry out diagnostics management, fault management, maintenance management, and cost center management.
Connect the 3WL air circuit breakers via COM35 or COM16. You can use any other gateway to establish the connection.
The circuit breaker status is displayed in powermanager and the measured values and can be switched with the appropriate authorization.
There are two switching functions:
- ON - Select ON when the circuit breaker status is
OFForTRIPPED. - OFF - Select OFF when the circuit breaker status is
ON.
For more information, refer to the 3WL/3VL system manual.
State symbols of the molded-case circuit breaker
Different states of the molded-case circuit breaker are represented as a circuit breaker symbol. The state symbol of the molded-case circuit breaker indicates the position of the molded-case circuit breaker in the frame. You can see whether the molded-case circuit breaker is open or closed. The background color designates the status of the relevant message.
Color | Message status | Meaning |
Green | Green | No messages pending |
Yellow | Yellow | At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending |
Red | Red | At least one trip message is currently pending |
White | White | No information available about the existence of messages |
State Symbol with Guide Frame | Description of the State |
| The circuit breaker is not available. |
| The circuit breaker is in the connected position and open. At the moment, neither trip messages nor warning messages or threshold messages are pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in the connected position and open. A trip message is pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in the connected position and open. At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and opened. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and opened. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in disconnected position. |
| The circuit breaker is in connected position and closed. At the moment, there are neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages present. |
| The circuit breaker is in connected position and closed. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in connected position and closed. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in the test position and closed. At the moment, neither trip messages nor warning messages or threshold messages are pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in the test position and closed. A trip message is pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in the test position and closed. At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in connected position. It is unknown whether the switch is closed or opened. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
| The circuit breaker is in connected position. It is unknown whether the switch is closed or opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in the connected position. It is not known whether the molded-case circuit breaker is open or closed. At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position. It is unknown whether the switch is closed or opened. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position. It is unknown whether the switch is closed or opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position. It is unknown whether the switch is closed or opened. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and has tripped. At the moment there are neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and has tripped. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and has tripped. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
offline | The circuit breaker is offline. |
The air circuit breaker is an integral part of an economically efficient power distribution system that is designed to protect personnel and material assets. The 3WL10 air circuit breaker is an IEC circuit breaker (3WL1) with frame size 0 (3WL10) and is an addition to the existing 3WL1 IEC portfolio.
The 3WL10 air circuit breaker meets the following requirements:
- High breaking capacity
- Selective protective response, integrated metering function with internal voltage tap and expansion module MF Basic/MF Advanced (with electronic trip units of the 6-series)
- Connection to a fieldbus communication system or Ethernet-based IP communication (with electronic trip units of the 6-series)
State symbols of the air circuit breaker
Different states of the air circuit breaker are represented as a circuit breaker symbol. The state symbol of the air circuit breaker indicates the position of the air circuit breaker in the frame. You can see whether the air circuit breaker is open or closed. The background color designates the status of the relevant message.
Color | Message status | Meaning |
Green | Green | No messages pending |
Yellow | Yellow | At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending |
Red | Red | At least one trip message is currently pending |
White | White | No information available about the existence of messages |
State Symbol with Guide Frame | Description of the State |
| The circuit breaker is not available. |
| The circuit breaker is in the connected position and open. At the moment, neither trip messages nor warning messages or threshold messages are pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in the connected position and open. A trip message is pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in the connected position and open. At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and opened. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and opened. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in disconnected position. |
| The circuit breaker is in connected position and closed. At the moment, there are neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages present. |
| The circuit breaker is in connected position and closed. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in connected position and closed. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in the test position and closed. At the moment, neither trip messages nor warning messages or threshold messages are pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in the test position and closed. A trip message is pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in the test position and closed. At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in connected position. It is unknown whether the switch is closed or opened. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
| The circuit breaker is in connected position. It is unknown whether the switch is closed or opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in the connected position. It is not known whether the molded-case circuit breaker is open or closed. At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position. It is unknown whether the switch is closed or opened. At the moment, neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages are present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position. It is unknown whether the switch is closed or opened. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position. It is unknown whether the switch is closed or opened. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and has tripped. At the moment there are neither tripping nor warning or setpoint messages present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and has tripped. At the moment, a tripping message is present. |
| The circuit breaker is in test position and has tripped. At the moment, at least one warning or setpoint message is present. |
offline | The air circuit breaker is offline. |

NOTE:
The 3WL circuit breaker does not support Power Quality.
The 3VA27 molded case circuit breaker is a current-limiting circuit breaker with IEC certification and is an addition to the existing 3VA IEC portfolio.
Current-limiting molded case circuit breakers are defined as:
Circuit breaker that, within a specified range of current, prevents the let-through current from reaching the prospective peak value and which limits the let-through energy (I2t) to a value less than the let-through energy of a half-cycle wave of the symmetrical prospective current.
These are the positive characteristics of a protection device that is most frequently used on the outgoing side and that, like the 3VA27 molded case circuit breaker, is dynamically selective and current limiting in the event of a fault.
Current limiting means that the peak value of the prospective impulse short-circuit current ip is limited to a smaller let-through current iD. Effective current limitation means that the circuit breakers and busbar trunking systems can be constructed more compactly. In the event of a short-circuit, the molded case circuit breaker substantially reduces the magnitude of the letthrough currents, that is reduces the load reaching downstream equipment (less thermal load, lower dynamic forces). The let-through energy is also significantly reduced. 3VA molded case circuit breakers are designed to be current limiting.
It has the following characteristics:
- Frame size 1600 A with a rated current In of 800 A to 1600 A
- Choice of two designs:
- as a toggle operating mechanism, for example, as an additional manual operating mechanism
- as a stored energy spring mechanism for integration of internal spring charging motors (external dimensions are not affected by this)
Optionally available either as a fixed-mounted version or as a withdrawable version. An especially high Icu value (up to 110kA @415V) and an Icw value (up to 20kA 1s).
State Symbol without Guide Frame | State Symbol with Guide Frame | Description of the State |
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| The circuit breaker is absent. |
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| The molded case circuit breaker is in the connected position and closed. Currently neither trip messages nor warning messages nor threshold messages pending. |
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| The molded case circuit breaker is in the connected position and open. Currently neither trip messages nor warning messages nor threshold messages pending. |
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| The molded case circuit breaker is in the connected position and closed. At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending. |
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| The molded case circuit breaker is in the connected position and open. At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending. |
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| The molded case circuit breaker is in the connected position and has tripped. A trip message is pending. |
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| The molded case circuit breaker is in the connected position and open. A trip message is pending. |
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| The circuit breaker is in the test position and closed. Currently neither trip messages nor warning messages nor threshold messages pending. |
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| The circuit breaker is in the test position and is open. Currently neither trip messages nor warning messages nor threshold messages pending. |
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| The circuit breaker is in the test position and closed. At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending. |
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| The circuit breaker is in the test position and is open. At least one warning message or one threshold warning is pending. |
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| The circuit breaker is in the test position and is open. A trip message is pending. |

NOTE:
The 3VA27 circuit breaker does not support Power Quality.













































