SENTRON WL

3.7 External current consumption with CubicleBUS

3.7 External current consumption with CubicleBUS

3.7.1 Power required by a SENTRON WL with CubicleBUS

The SENTRON WL circuit breakers with CubicleBUS must also communicate and indicate
internally and externally, even when the main contacts are open. For this reason, it is
necessary here to connect an external power supply. The required power differs here
according to the degree of configuration and options used.

General information
The transformers for the SENTRON WL circuit breakers consist of two parts:
Rogowski coils: supply the current values
Energy transformers: supply the trip unit with energy
In the case of breakers without additional external supply, the trip units are already activated
with 80 A 3-phase or higher for size 1 and 2, and with 150 A 3-phase or higher for size 3,
and they monitor the power distribution.

Energy requirements
On the ETU45B / ETU745, ETU748 trip unit, the energy from the transformers is sufficient to
activate not only the protection functions but also the four-line display. Auxiliary power is only
required for the backlighting. If the CubicleBUS is connected with 24 V DC, the display of the
ETU45B / ETU745, ETU748 draws its power from this voltage.
The pixel-graphics display of the ETU76B / ETU776 requires more power than the energy
transformer can supply. For this reason, the display of the ETU76B / ETU776 only functions
when an external CubicleBUS power supply is connected. This does not affect the protection
functions!

NOTICE
Number of CubicleBUS components
If more CubicleBUS components than just the trip unit are used in a SENTRON WL circuit
breaker, this breaker must be supplied with an external 24 V DC auxiliary voltage.

CubicleBUS connection
The CubicleBUS comprises four cores, two for communication and two for the 24 V
DC power supply.
Connect the CubicleBUS as follows to the external terminals X8:1 to X8:4:
24 V DC to X8:3
Ground of 24 V DC to X8:4

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3.7.2 Selecting the power supply

Note the following when selecting the power supply:
First, you must use the available CubicleBUS modules to calculate the maximum
continuous current drawn by the CubicleBUS modules from the CubicleBUS supply.
The second variable to be calculated is the peak inrush current of all modules. The power
supply must be able to carry the maximum peak inrush current for a period of 100 ms.
The table below contains the details of continuous current drawn and the maximum start-up
current for selecting the suitable power supply for a SENTRON WL circuit breaker with
CubicleBUS.

Table 3- 23 Calculating the power consumption of the CubicleBUS modules for SENTRON WL with
CubicleBUS system

CubicleBUS module Number of Max. continuous Max. start-up

modules per current per module current per module
CubicleBUS from the from the
CubicleBUS CubicleBUS
ETU745 trip unit 1 120 mA 2000 mA
ETU776 trip unit 1 170 mA 2000 mA
Metering function PLUS 1 120 mA 120 mA
Breaker Status Sensor BSS 1 40 mA 110 mA
COM16 communication module 1 125 mA 180 mA
ZSI module 1 50 mA 125 mA
Digital output module with rotary coding 1-2 180 mA 125 mA
switch, relay outputs
Digital output module, configurable, relay 1 180 mA 125 mA
outputs
Analog output module 1-2 110 mA 800 mA
Digital input module 1-2 30 mA 125 mA
BDA or BDA PLUS 1 250 mA 350 mA

Connection of several SENTRON WLs

To connect several SENTRON WL circuit breakers to a power supply, the aggregates of the
continuous currents and start-up currents must be taken into account.

SITOP Power power supply

The appropriate power supplies can be selected from the Siemens SITOP Power range.

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Example:
A switch consists of an ETU745, BSS, COM16, metering function, and output module with
relay contacts.
The maximum continuous current is 585 mA, and the maximum start-up current is 2635 mA.
That is, a SITOP Power 2 is sufficient for power supply. For one or more SENTRON WLs, a
power supply from the SITOP range can be selected. You can find further technical data in
the Catalog KT 10.1 or in the online Mall (https://mall.automation.siemens.com).
The table below provides the values for selecting the power supply with SITOP:

Table 3- 24 Power supply from the SITOP range for SENTRON WL with CubicleBUS

Max. continuous Max. start-up current Type Order number

current
0 to 2 A Up to 7 A up to 300 ms SITOP Power 2 6EP1332-2BA10
2 to 5 A Up to 20 A up to 350 SITOP Power 5 6EP1333-2BA01
ms
5 to 10 A Up to 38 A up to 200 SITOP Power 10 6EP1334-2BA01
ms

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