ANSI Standard Device Numbers
& Common Acronyms
Device No. Description Device No. Description
1 Master Element 33 Position Switch
2 Time Delay Starting or Closing Relay 34 Master Sequence Device
3 Checking or Interlocking Realy 35 Brush-Operating or Slip-ring Short Circuiting Device
4 Master Contactor 36 Polarity or Polarizing Voltage Device
5 Stopping Device 37 Undercurrent or Underpower Relay
6 Starting Circuit Breaker 37P Underpower
7 Rate of Change Relay 38 Bearing Protective Device / Bearing Rtd
8 Control Power Disconnecting Device 39 Mechanical Condition Monitor
9 Reversing Device 40 Field Relay / Loss of Excitation
10 Unit Sequence Switch 41 Field Circuit Breaker
11 Multifunction Device 42 Running Circuit Breaker
12 Overspeed Device/Protection 43 Manual Transfer or Selector Device
13 Synchronous-Speed Device 44 Unit Sequence Starting Relay
14 Underspeed Device 45 Atmospheric Condition Monitor
15 Speed or Frequency Matching Device 46 Reverse-Phase or Phase Balance Current Relay or Stator
16 Communication Networking Device Current Unbalance
17 Shunting or Discharge Switch 47 Phase-Sequence or Phase Balance Voltage Relay
18 Accelerating or Decelerating Device 48 Incomplete Sequence Relay / Blocked Rotor
19 Motor Starter / Starting-to-Running Transition Contactor 49 Machine or Transformer Thermal Relay / Thermal Overload
20 Electrically-Operated Valve 49RTD RTD Biased Thermal Overload
21 Distance Relay 50 Instantaneous Overcurrent Relay
21G Ground Distance 50BF Breaker Failure
21P Phase Distance 50DD Current Disturbance Detector
22 Equalizer Circuit Breaker 50G Ground Instantaneous Overcurrent
23 Temperature Control Device 50N Neutral Instantaneous Overcurrent
24 Volts-per-Hertz Relay / Overfluxing 50P Phase Instantaneous Overcurrent
25 Synchronizing or Synchronism-Check Device 50_2 Negative Sequence Instantaneous Overcurrent
26 Apparatus Thermal Device 50/27 Accidental Energization
27 Undervoltage Relay 50/74 Ct Trouble
27P Phase Undervoltage 50/87 Instantaneous Differential
27TN Third Harmonic Neutral Undervoltage 50EF End Fault Protection
27X Auxiliary Undervoltage 50IG Isolated Ground Instantaneous Overcurrent
27 AUX Undervoltage Auxiliary Input 50LR Acceleration Time
27/27X Bus/Line Undervoltage 50NBF Neutral Instantaneous Breaker Failure
28 Flame Detector 50SG Sensitive Ground Instantaneous Overcurrent
29 Isolating Contactor 50SP Split Phase Instantaneous Current
30 Annunciator Relay 51 Ac Time Overcurrent Relay
31 Separate Excitation Device 51 Overload
32 Directional Power Relay 51G Ground Time Overcurrent
32L Low Forward Power 51N Neutral Time Overcurrent
32N Wattmetric Zero-Sequence Directional 51P Phase Time Overcurrent
32P Directional Power 51V Voltage Restrained Time Overcurrent
32R Reverse Power 51R Locked / Stalled Rotor
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