How Earth Fault Relay Works. Geoff Macangus-Gerrard in Offshore Electrical Engineering Manual 2018. The earth fault relay must be very sensitive for sensing the fault.

The earth fault relay is a type of relay that can sense the faults between the phase and earth. Experts agree that approximately 80 of all short-circuit faults start as a low level arcing ground fault. In an over current relay or oc relay the actuating quantity is only currentThere is only one current operated element in the relay no voltage coil etc.
In an over current relay or oc relay the actuating quantity is only currentThere is only one current operated element in the relay no voltage coil etc.
The 900ELR earth leakage protection relay monitors the fault current true RMS continuously and compares it with the user selected leakage level. Locates ground faults while the system remains online. The EFR is protected against. Earth leakage relay and earth fault relays are used to sense earth.

