Temperature Compensation With Thermal-Magnetic Trip Units Of The Tm 2-Series - Siemens 3VA1 100 A Manual

6.4.2

Temperature compensation with thermal-magnetic trip units of the TM 2-series

The trip units for 3VA1 molded case circuit breakers are factory-calibrated to a temperature
of 50 °C. The thermal response threshold of the trip unit changes when the circuit breaker is
operated in a higher or lower ambient temperature. To obtain the characteristic tripping times
at a specific ambient temperature, it is necessary to apply correction factors when setting the
thermal trip units.
Correction factor TK is applied to compensate for the ambient temperature.
The first step in calculating the correction factor TK is to determine the setting factor at
50 °C:
EF(50 °C) Setting factor at 50 °C
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3VA molded case circuit breakers
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Rated operational current of the molded case circuit breaker
Technical specifications
6.4 Derating and temperature compensation
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