Meaning Of The Symbol For Protective Current Transformers
  • 2026-10-23

Meaning Of The Symbol For Protective Current Transformers

Error limit of protective current transformer 

accuracy level

Under rated primary current

Current error

(±%)

Under rated primary current

phase difference

Composite error under rated accuracy limit of one current

%

±(´)

±crad

5P

10P

1

3

60

-

1.8

-

5

10

Example: A current transformer with the symbol 5P20, 30VA, 1000/5 is represented as follows: transformation ratio 1000/5, rated secondary current 5A. If the secondary load impedance is less than 1.25 Ω (Z=S/I2=30/25=1.25 Ω), when the primary fault current is 20000A (20 × 1000A), the composite error of the secondary current is less than 5%.

Based on the rated secondary current, accurate limit coefficient, and rated load, the voltage achieved during the excitation characteristic test can be roughly estimated

U=KALFIsnZbn

In this example, U=20 × 5 × 1.25=125V

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