# Residual or neutral overvoltage

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Publisher: Elora Grid
Updated: 2026-10-13
Lookup label: 59N
Drawing use: SLD, Schematic
Reference families: IEEE / ANSI, Manufacturer

Supervises a residual or neutral voltage used by the selected earth-fault or neutral-displacement scheme.

## What it represents

Supervises a residual or neutral voltage used by the selected earth-fault or neutral-displacement scheme.
The drafting record should connect this function to the broken-delta VT, neutral VT or calculated residual-voltage source, then trace the neutral-displacement alarm or earth-fault trip. Keep the complete designation and equipment tag together so that the SLD, relay logic and terminal schedule describe the same implementation.
The cited mapping is a public manufacturer example (SEL public device-number table). Suffixes are not universal equivalences across products, and this reference supplies neither a protection setting nor certification of the selected scheme.

## How to read it

- Identify the broken-delta VT, neutral VT or calculated residual-voltage source.
- Trace the neutral-displacement alarm or earth-fault trip.

## Information to show or reference

- Label the broken-delta VT, neutral VT or calculated residual-voltage source.
- Cross-reference the neutral-displacement alarm or earth-fault trip.
- Retain the complete suffix, selected device tag and manufacturer manual revision.

## Important distinction

A residual-voltage function is not ordinary phase overvoltage; source and scaling depend on the VT arrangement.

## Facts

- Function designation: 59N
- Base function: 59 — Overvoltage
- Published mapping: SEL public device-number table
- Suffix scope: Application or manufacturer specific; check the complete drawing legend and selected device manual.

## Public references

- [ANSI device-number and suffix reference table](https://selinc.com/pt/products/tables/ansi/) — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. Public primary-source function or application mapping used to identify this designation; wording and drafting notes are original.
- [IEEE C37.2-2022: power-system device function numbers](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9984140) — IEEE. Device-number and suffix convention. This page is not a reproduction of the full licensed standard.

## Graphic scope

Independent original educational concept illustration by Elora Grid. Not a certified standards graphic or manufacturer footprint. Unitless; not to scale. Original artwork licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Publisher material is linked only.