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ANSI/IEEE Minimum-current monitoring relay form

IEEE-library form of minimum-current monitoring relay: a minimum-current relay operates according to a configured low-current condition.

In plain English

What does ANSI/IEEE Minimum-current monitoring relay form mean?

This reference locates minimum-current monitoring relay in Autodesk's IEEE-oriented current protection relays family. A minimum-current relay operates according to a configured low-current condition. Control drawings must identify whether it supervises an operating load, a permissive or another circuit. The public library uses HCR1F26 for its horizontal representation; this is a vendor block name, not an IEEE standards symbol number.

A simple example

Trace the measured quantity or initiating control signal separately from the output contacts. The device tag links the sensing or operating element to the controlled circuit; settings, reset behaviour and the actual terminal arrangement belong in the selected equipment documentation.

Identify the device and formRead the connections and stateCheck the equipment reference
A guide to reading this reference. The original symbol illustration and its drawing notes appear below; these boxes are not a wiring diagram.

What the drawings help you do

Check how the relay handles zero current during intentional shutdown. Low current can be an intentional stopped state; the control logic defines when it is abnormal. The linked functional counterpart explains the same operating role in its own drawing context; agreement of every detailed convention mark is not asserted.

This particular reference

IEEE-library form of minimum-current monitoring relay: a minimum-current relay operates according to a configured low-current condition. Low current can be an intentional stopped state; the control logic defines when it is abnormal.

Normally open / normally closed
The contact state in the normal condition defined for the drawing.
Coil
A wound conductor that can produce a magnetic field when energised.
Terminal
An identified point where a conductor connects.

Read the source: Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview: Current Protection Relays

IEEE / ANSI · Minimum Current Protection

Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview: Current Protection Relays, block HCR1F26. Matching functional counterpart linked separately. Independently drawn educational geometry; not a certified IEEE glyph or database identifier.

Shown as an independently authored educational illustration. Use the cited publication and drawing legend to verify the required drafting form.

SLD / Schematic · I LOWANSI/IEEE Minimum-current monitoring relay form: original educational illustration
Original educational illustrationNot to scale · See source and graphic notes

What it represents

This reference locates minimum-current monitoring relay in Autodesk's IEEE-oriented current protection relays family. A minimum-current relay operates according to a configured low-current condition. Control drawings must identify whether it supervises an operating load, a permissive or another circuit. The public library uses HCR1F26 for its horizontal representation; this is a vendor block name, not an IEEE standards symbol number.

Trace the measured quantity or initiating control signal separately from the output contacts. The device tag links the sensing or operating element to the controlled circuit; settings, reset behaviour and the actual terminal arrangement belong in the selected equipment documentation.

Check how the relay handles zero current during intentional shutdown. Low current can be an intentional stopped state; the control logic defines when it is abnormal. The linked functional counterpart explains the same operating role in its own drawing context; agreement of every detailed convention mark is not asserted.

How to read it

  • Check how the relay handles zero current during intentional shutdown.
  • The preview is an original explanation of this function. Match the actual drawing convention to its legend and the selected equipment documentation.

Information to show or reference

  • Name supervised circuit
  • Reference enable condition
  • State threshold and delay

A distinction that matters

Low current can be an intentional stopped state; the control logic defines when it is abnormal.

Sources you can follow

These public references support the explanation and provide further detail. Their graphics and downloadable files remain with their publishers.

Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview: Current Protection Relays

Public IEEE-oriented Current Protection Relays table explicitly lists HCR1F26 as Minimum Current Protection. This supports the vendor convention context, not reproduction of the publisher graphic.

Autodesk · Public reference checked 28 October 2026 · Link only

About this graphic

This illustration was authored independently by Elora Grid to explain the concept. It is not reproduced from a customer drawing, an official standard graphic or a manufacturer CAD file. Its correspondence to an exact IEC or IEEE symbol identifier has not been certified.

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