Installing/mounting   
6.3 Locking devices 
  3VL IEC molded case circuit breakers 
86  System Manual, 11/2013, 110 0110 - 02 DS 03 
 
Locking device with a safety lock 
Safety lock for the rotary operating mechanism and the motorized operating mechanism 
A safety lock can be used for both rotary operating mechanisms and motorized operating 
mechanisms with stored energy mechanism (SEO). 
The safety lock is used to lock the molded case circuit breaker in the "OFF" position. The key 
can only be removed when the molded case circuit breaker is in the "OFF" position. The key 
cannot be removed when the rotary operating mechanism or the motorized operating 
mechanism is in the "ON" position. 
 
 
-operated rotary operating mechanism 
with optional locking device 
 
Motorized operating mechanism with stored 
energy mechanism (SEO) for 
VL160X to VL800 with optional 
 
Mutual interlocking of two molded case circuit breakers 
Mutual interlocking of two molded case circuit breakers (Bowden wire) in the fixed-mounted, plug-in 
and withdrawable versions 
Possible interlocking 
 
 
 
 
With rotary operating mechanism / door 
coupling rotary operating 
Two 3VL molded case circuit breakers can be mutually mechanically interlocked using a 
Bowden wire and the locking modules.