Moeller Wiring Manual 02/05
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Specifications, Formulae, Tables
9
Marking of electrical equipment
General
Extracts from the DIN Standards with VDE
Classification are quoted with the permission of
the DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.) and
the VDE (Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik
Informationstechnik e.V.) It is imperative for the
use of the standards that the issue with the latest
date is used. These are available from
VDE-VERLAG GMBH, Bismarckstr. 33, 10625
Berlin and Beuth Verlag GmbH, Burggrafenstr. 6,
10787 Berlin.
Marking to DIN EN 61346-2:2000-12
(IEC 61346-2:2000)
Moeller has decided, with a transitional period, to
use the above mentioned standards.
Deviation from the, up to now, normal marking
determines now in the first place the function of
the electrical equipment in the respective circuit of
the code letter. The outcome is that there is a lot
of freedom in the selection of the code letters.
Example for a resistance
• Normal current limiter: R
• Heater resistor: E
• Measurement resistor: B
As well as that, Moeller specific decisions have
been made with regard to the interpretation of the
standard that sometimes deviate from the
standard.
• The marking of connection terminals are not
readable from the right.
• A second code letter for the marking of the use
of the equipment is not given,
e. g.: timer relay K1T becomes K1.
• Circuit-breakers with the main function of
protection are still marked with Q.
They are numbered from 1 to 10 from the top
left.
• Contactors are newly marked with Q and
numbered from 11 to nn.
e. g.: K91M becomes Q21.
• Relays remain K and are numbered from 1 to n.
The marking appears in a suitable position as
close as possible to the circuit symbol. The
marking forms the link between the equipment in
the installations and the various circuit documents
(wiring diagrams, parts lists, circuit diagrams,
instructions). For simpler maintenance, the
complete marking or part of it, can be affixed on
or near to the equipment.
Selected equipment with a comparison of the
Moeller used code letters old – new a Table,
Page 9-3.