Description 
  2.8 Electronic trip unit ETU 
3VA27 molded case circuit breakers & 3WL10 air circuit breakers 
Manual, 10/2018, L1V30499596002-01 
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The electronic trip unit is available in two basic versions: 
●  Electronic trip unit of the 3-series with rotary coding switches 
●  Electronic trip unit of the 6-series with LC display and modularly expandable functionality 
 
Residual current (Rc) protection function 
Ground-fault protection with current measure-
ment at the star point (G
RET
) 
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MCR protection function - making current relea-
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Monitoring of direction of power flow and power 
factor determination (with metering function MF) 
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Setting with rotary coding switch 
Setting via control buttons next to the 
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Data display via control buttons next to the 
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Metering function as option MF Basic 
Metering function as option MF Advanced 
Internal I/O module IOM040 with 2 inputs and 
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External I/O module IOM300 with 10I and 11O 
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Front interface for parameterization, testing, 
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Communication Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, 
PROFIBUS, or PROFINET as an option 
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Write protection for communication 
Deactivation of communication for access from 
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