Description
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2021-11-15
Name plate
Technical data
Vacuum circuit-breaker SION
®
Fig. 41 Technical specifications, SION
®
 vacuum circuit-breaker
Fig. 40 Example – name plate
1) Manufacturer
2) Type designation
3) Factory number
4) Rated voltage U
r
5) Rated frequency f
r
6) Rated short-circuit breaking current I
sc
7 Rated power frequency withstand 
voltage U
d
8) Rated lightning impulse withstand 
voltage U
p
9) Year of manufacture
10) Rated normal current I
r
11) Rated short-circuit duration t
k
12) Mass m
13) Rated operating sequence
14) Classification E2, C2 and M2 for circuit-
breakers according to the standard
Type: 3AE5656-6
No.: S 3AE5/90000508
Year of manufacture
 2021
U
r
17.5 kV 50/60 Hz I
r
2500 A
I
sc
40 kA t
k
3s
U
d
/U
p
42 kV/ 95 kV
m
140 kg
Rated operating sequence: O–0.3 s–CO–15 s–CO
Class as per IEC 62271-100: E2, C2 and M2
Made in Germany
1)
2)
3)
4), 5)
6)
7), 8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
13)
14)
Rated voltage U
r 
(at f
r
 50/60 Hz)
kV 7.2 12 17.5 24
Rated normal current I
r
A
800 – 3150
b)
 / 4000
fc
c)
800 – 2500
Rated lightning impulse withstand voltage (peak value) 
U
p
kV 60
75 (95
a)
)
95 125
Rated short-duration power frequency withstand voltage 
(RMS) U
d
kV
20 (32
a)
)28 (42
a)
)
38
50 (65
a)
)
Rated short-circuit breaking current I
sc
kA 16 – 40 16 – 25
Pole-centre distance mm 150, 160, 210, 275 210, 275
Distance between lower and upper terminal mm 205, 275, 310 310
Standard rated operating sequence O – 0.3 s – CO – 15 s – CO
a) On request
b) From 2000 A upwards only with 310 mm space between the lower and the upper terminal 
and a pole-centre distance of 210/275 mm
c) only with additional active cooling (fc)