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Protection Relay Installation, Configuration and Commissioning

A numerical relay is a computer with a trip contact, and the gap between a correct setting file and a correctly working scheme is where commissioning errors live. This course covers closing it. Delegates work through relay hardware and wiring, configuration and the settings file including the logic that is easy to get subtly wrong, and communications configuration. Testing covers secondary injection of each function, end to end scheme testing and the verification that a trip actually reaches the breaker it should. Version control of settings, as built documentation and the management of a settings change on a live system close the course.

5 day course

Course objectives

  • Install and wire a numerical relay correctly
  • Build a settings file, including programmable logic
  • Configure communications and integrate the relay into a scheme
  • Test each protection function by secondary injection
  • Carry out end to end scheme testing to the breaker
  • Version control settings and produce as built documentation
  • Manage a settings change on a live system safely

Who should attend

  • Protection and commissioning engineers and technicians
  • Electrical maintenance staff in utilities and industry
  • Substation engineers
  • Contractors installing protection schemes
  • Technical staff auditing protection settings

Course outline

  1. 01The gap between a settings file and a working scheme
  2. 02Relay hardware, wiring and current transformer circuits
  3. 03Settings and programmable logic
  4. 04Communications configuration
  5. 05Secondary injection of each function
  6. 06End to end scheme testing
  7. 07Verifying the trip reaches the breaker
  8. 08Settings version control and live changes

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Protection Relay Installation, Configuration and Commissioning
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
9 to 13 November 2026Maseru, LesothoClassroomR19,950 per delegate
4 to 8 January 2027Cape Town, South AfricaClassroomR19,950 per delegate
8 to 12 February 2027Pretoria, South AfricaClassroomR19,950 per delegate
1 to 5 March 2027OnlineOnlineR8,500 per delegate
8 to 12 March 2027Durban, South AfricaClassroomR19,950 per delegate

Protection Relay Installation, Configuration and Commissioning

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