Abbreviation Name Function

Main air blast Opens under the control of various protection devices. From
DJ
circuit breaker 'disjoncteur', French term for circuit breaker.
Main overload
QLM Main overload protection in case of failure of main transformer
relay
Traction motor
Q1, Q2, etc. Overload for the traction motors main rectifiers
overload relays
Main earth fault Voltage operatted relay for earth faults in main traction circuit
QOP
relay and DJ
Earth fault relay
QOA Earth fault protection of auxilaries and opens the DJ
for auxilaries
Q30 No voltage relay Opens DJ if catenary loses power
Auxilary A time delay which opens the DJ in the event of auxiliary
Q118
protection relay failure
Tap changer
Q52 Trips DJ if incorrect notching occurs in tap changer
notching relay
Used for increasing or decreasing the notches as it moves along
a cylinder from botom to top with contacts for each notch; the
Main tap changer
SMGR even contacts from the bottom are for progressive notches and
shaft
the odd ones are regressive notches. It can traverse 40 notches
in 10 seconds.
Air blast circuit
Trips DJ if air pressure drops to 4.5 kg/cm^2 and recloses only
QPDJ breaker lockout
on pressure reaching 5.00 kg/cm^2
relay
Traction motor Only in YAM-1 - Sounds a buzzer if voltage for traction motors
Q20
overload relay. is exceeded
Silicon rectifier
QSI, QRSI Prevents overload of main silicon rectifier and trips the DJ
overload relay
ET1, ET2 Roof spark gap HT surge protection
ETF Surge arrestor Prevents surges from affecting the main silicon rectifier
CAPF,
Surge arrestors Surge absorber and series resistor for silcon rectifier
RCAPF
LTBA Surge arrestor For the battery circuits
Q130, C130 Dc voltage relay Trips DJ if generator fails
QPH Oil flow relay Trips DJ if oil flow in main transformer fails
QVM1, Blower motor
Detects failure of traction motor blowers and trips DJ
QVM2 relays
Over temperature
QTSI relay for silcon Detects overheating of the silicon rectifier and trips DJ
rectifier
Q44 Time delay Time delay for certain other relays like Q30, QTSI, etc.

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