 1 - Master Element  31 - Separate Excitation Device

 2 - Time-delay Starting or Closing  32 - Directional Power Relay

Relay  32L - Low Forward Power
 3 - Checking or Interlocking Relay  32N - Wattmetric Zero-Sequence
 4 - Master Contactor Directional
 5 - Stopping Device  32P - Directional Power
 6 - Starting Circuit Breaker  32R - Reverse Power
 7 - Rate of Change Relay  33 - Position Switch
 8 - Control Power Disconnecting  34 - Master Sequence Device
Device  35 - Brush-Operating or Slip-ring Short
 9 - Reversing Device Circuiting Device
 10 - Unit Sequence Switch  36 - Polarity or Polarizing Voltage
 11 - Multifunction Device Device
 12 - Overspeed Device  37 - Undercurrent or Underpower
 13 - Synchronous-Speed Device Relay
 14 - Underspeed Device  37P - Underpower
 15 - Speed or Frequency Matching  38 - Bearing Protective Device /
Device Bearing Rtd
 16 - Data Communications Device  39 - Mechanical Condition Monitor
 17 - Shunting or Discharge Switch  40 - Field Relay / Loss of Excitation
 18 - Accelerating or Decelerating  41 - Field Circuit Breaker
Device  42 - Running Circuit Breaker
 19 - Starting-to-Running Transition  43 - Manual Transfer or Selector
Contactor Device
 20 - Electrically-Operated Valve  44 - Unit Sequence Starting Relay
 21 - Distance Relay  45 - Atmospheric Condition Monitor
 21G - Ground Distance  46 - Reverse-Phase or Phase Balance
 21P - Phase Distance Current Relay or Stator Current
 22 – Equalizer circuit breaker Unbalance
 23 – Temperature control device  47 - Phase-Sequence or Phase Balance
 24 – Volts per hertz relay Voltage Relay
 25 – Synchronizing or synchronism-  48 - Incomplete Sequence Relay /
check device Blocked Rotor
 26 – Apparatus thermal device  49 - Machine or Transformer Thermal
Relay / Thermal Overload
 27 – Undervoltage relay
 49RTD - RTD Biased Thermal Overload
 27P - Phase Undervoltage
 50 - Instantaneous Overcurrent Relay
 27S - DC undervoltage relay
 50BF - Breaker Failure
 27TN - Third Harmonic Neutral
Undervoltage  50DD - Current Disturbance Detector
 27TN/59N - 100% Stator Earth Fault  50EF - End Fault Protection
 27X - Auxiliary Undervoltage  50G - Ground Instantaneous
Overcurrent
 27 AUX - Undervoltage Auxiliary Input
 50IG - Isolated Ground Instantaneous
 27/27X - Bus/Line Undervoltage
Overcurrent
 27/50 - Accidental Generator
 50LR - Acceleration Time
Energization
 50N - Neutral Instantaneous
 28 - Flame Detector
Overcurrent
 29 - Isolating Contactor
 30 - Annunciator Relay
 50NBF - Neutral Instantaneous  59X - Auxiliary Overvoltage
Breaker Failure  59Q - Negative Sequence Overvoltage
 50P - Phase Instantaneous  60 – Voltage or current balance relay
Overcurrent  60 - Voltage or Current Balance Relay
 50SG - Sensitive Ground  60N - Neutral Current Unbalance
Instantaneous Overcurrent  60P - Phase Current Unbalance
 50SP - Split Phase Instantaneous  61 - Density Switch or Sensor
Current  62 - Time-Delay Stopping or Opening
 50Q - Negative Sequence Relay
Instantaneous Overcurrent  63 - Pressure Switch Detector
 50/27 - Accidental Energization  64 - Ground Protective Relay
 50/51 - Instantaneous / Time-delay  64F - Field Ground Protection
Overcurrent relay
 64R – Rotor earth fault
 50Ns/51Ns - Sensitive earth-fault
 64REF – Restricted earth fault
protection
differential
 50/74 - Ct Trouble
 64S – Stator earth fault
 50/87 - Instantaneous Differential
 64S - Sub-harmonic Stator Ground
 51 - AC Time Overcurrent Relay Protection
 51 - Overload  64TN - 100% Stator Ground
 51G - Ground Time Overcurrent  65 - Governor
 51LR - AC inverse time overcurrent  66 - Notching or Jogging
(locked rotor) protection relay Device/Maximum Starting Rate/Starts Per
 51N - Neutral Time Overcurrent Hour/Time Between Starts
 51P - Phase Time Overcurrent  67 - AC Directional Overcurrent Relay
 51R - Locked / Stalled Rotor  67G - Ground Directional Overcurrent
 51V - Voltage Restrained Time  67N - Neutral Directional Overcurrent
Overcurrent  67Ns – Earth fault directional
 51Q - Negative Sequence Time  67P - Phase Directional Overcurrent
Overcurrent
 67SG - Sensitive Ground Directional
 52 – AC circuit breaker Overcurrent
 52a - AC circuit breaker position  67Q - Negative Sequence Directional
(contact open when circuit breaker open) Overcurrent
 52b - AC circuit breaker position  68 - Blocking Relay / Power Swing
(contact closed when circuit breaker Blocking
open)
 69 - Permissive Control Device
 53 - Exciter or Dc Generator Relay
 70 - Rheostat
 54 - Turning Gear Engaging Device
 71 - Liquid Switch
 55 - Power Factor Relay
 72 - DC Circuit Breaker
 56 - Field Application Relay
 73 - Load-Resistor Contactor
 57 - Short-Circuiting or Grounding
 74 - Alarm Relay
Device
 75 - Position Changing Mechanism
 58 - Rectification Failure Relay
 76 - DC Overcurrent Relay
 59 - Overvoltage Relay
 77 - Telemetering Device
 59B - Bank Phase Overvoltage
 78 - Phase Angle Measuring or Out-of-
 59P - Phase Overvoltage
Step Protective Relay
 59N - Neutral Overvoltage
 78V - Loss of Mains
 59NU - Neutral Voltage Unbalance
 79 - AC Reclosing Relay / Auto Reclose
 59P - Phase Overvoltage
 80 - Liquid or Gas Flow Relay
 81 - Frequency Relay  AFD - Arc Flash Detector
 81O - Over Frequency  CLK - Clock or Timing Source
 81R - Rate-of-Change Frequency  CLP - Cold Load Pickup
 81U - Under Frequency  DDR – Dynamic Disturbance Recorder
 82 - DC Reclosing Relay  DFR – Digital Fault Recorder
 83 - Automatic Selective Control or  DME – Disturbance Monitor
Transfer Relay Equipment
 84 - Operating Mechanism  ENV – Environmental data
 85 - Pilot Communications, Carrier or  HIZ – High Impedance Fault Detector
Pilot-Wire Relay  HMI – Human Machine Interface
 86 - Lock-Out Relay, Master Trip Relay  HST – Historian
 87 - Differential Protective Relay  LGC – Scheme Logic
 87B - Bus Differential  MET – Substation Metering
 87G - Generator Differential  PDC – Phasor Data Concentrator
 87GT - Generator/Transformer  PMU – Phasor Measurement Unit
Differential  PQM – Power Quality Monitor
 87L - Segregated Line Current  RIO – Remote Input/Output Device
Differential  RTD - Resistance Temperature
 87LG - Ground Line Current Detector
Differential  RTU – Remote Terminal Unit/Data
 87M - Motor Differential Concentrator
 87O - Overall Differential  SER – Sequence of Events Recorder
 87PC - Phase Comparison  TCM – Trip Circuit Monitor
 87RGF - Restricted Ground Fault  LRSS – Local/Remote selector switch
 87S - Stator Differential  VTFF - Vt Fuse Fail
 87S - Percent Differential
Suffixes Description
 87T - Transformer Differential
 87V - Voltage Differential  _1 - Positive-Sequence
 88 - Auxiliary Motor or Motor  _2 - Negative-Sequence
Generator
 A - Alarm, Auxiliary Power
 89 - Line Switch
 AC - Alternating Current
 90 - Regulating Device
 AN - Anode
 91 - Voltage Directional Relay
 B - Bus, Battery, or Blower
 92 - Voltage And Power Directional
 BF - Breaker Failure
Relay
 BK - Brake
 93 - Field-Changing Contactor
 BL - Block (Valve)
 94 - Tripping or Trip-Free Relay
 BP - Bypass
 95 – For specific applications where
 BT - Bus Tie
other numbers are not suitable
 BU - Backup
 96 – For specific applications where
other numbers are not suitable  C - Capacitor, Condenser,
Compensator, Carrier Current, Case or
 97 – For specific applications where
Compressor
other numbers are not suitable
 CA - Cathode
 98 – For specific applications where
other numbers are not suitable  CH - Check (Valve)
 99 – For specific applications where  D - Discharge (Valve)
other numbers are not suitable  DC - Direct Current
 DCB - Directional Comparison Blocking
Acronyms Description
 DCUB - Directional Comparison
Unblocking
 DD - Disturbance Detector
 DUTT - Direct Underreaching Transfer
Trip
 E - Exciter
 F - Feeder, Field, Filament, Filter, or
Fan
 G - Ground or Generator
 GC - Ground Check
 H - Heater or Housing
 L - Line or Logic
 M - Motor or Metering
 MOC - Mechanism Operated Contact
 N - Neutral or Network
 O - Over
 P - Phase or Pump
 PC - Phase Comparison
 POTT - Pott: Permissive Overreaching
Transfer Trip
 PUTT - Putt: Permissive
Underreaching Transfer Trip
 R - Reactor, Rectifier, or Room
 S - Synchronizing, Secondary, Strainer,
Sump, or Suction (Valve)
 SOTF - Switch On To Fault
 T - Transformer or Thyratron
 TD - Time Delay
 TDC - Time-Delay Closing Contact
 TDDO - Time Delayed Relay Coil Drop-
Out
 TDO - Time-Delay Opening Contact
 TDPU - Time Delayed Relay Coil Pickup
 THD - Total Harmonic Distortion
 TH - Transformer (High-Voltage Side)
 TL - Transformer (Low-Voltage Side)
 TM - Telemeter
 TT - Transformer (Tertiary-Voltage
Side)
 U - Under or Unit
 X - Auxiliary
 Z - Impedance