# ANSI/IEEE Maximum-current monitoring relay form

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Publisher: Elora Grid
Updated: 2026-10-28
Lookup label: I HIGH
Drawing use: SLD, Schematic
Reference families: IEEE / ANSI, Manufacturer

## Symbol convention

Convention: IEEE / ANSI
Form: Maximum Current Protection
Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview: Current Protection Relays, block HCR1F25. Matching functional counterpart linked separately. Independently drawn educational geometry; not a certified IEEE glyph or database identifier.
Related representation: [Maximum-current monitoring relay](https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/maximum-current-monitoring-relay)

IEEE-library form of maximum-current monitoring relay: a maximum-current relay changes its output when the measured current meets a configured high-current condition.

## In plain English

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

This reference locates maximum-current monitoring relay in Autodesk's IEEE-oriented current protection relays family. A maximum-current relay changes its output when the measured current meets a configured high-current condition. Its schematic separates measurement, auxiliary power and relay outputs. The public library uses HCR1F25 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.

### What the drawings help you do

Determine whether the input is direct current, a CT secondary or a conditioned signal. A maximum-current monitoring element is not a complete feeder protection scheme by itself. 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 maximum-current monitoring relay: a maximum-current relay changes its output when the measured current meets a configured high-current condition. A maximum-current monitoring element is not a complete feeder protection scheme by itself.

### Terms

- DC: Direct current: electricity flowing in one direction.
- 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.

Concept diagram: Identify the device and form → Read the connections and state → Check 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.

- [Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview: Current Protection Relays](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoCAD-Electrical/files/GUID-EC11EC4D-374C-4191-9534-C802D3932711.htm)


## What it represents

This reference locates maximum-current monitoring relay in Autodesk's IEEE-oriented current protection relays family. A maximum-current relay changes its output when the measured current meets a configured high-current condition. Its schematic separates measurement, auxiliary power and relay outputs. The public library uses HCR1F25 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.
Determine whether the input is direct current, a CT secondary or a conditioned signal. A maximum-current monitoring element is not a complete feeder protection scheme by itself. 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

- Determine whether the input is direct current, a CT secondary or a conditioned signal.
- 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

- Identify measured input
- Reference threshold and delay
- Show output destination

## Important distinction

A maximum-current monitoring element is not a complete feeder protection scheme by itself.

## Facts

- Convention evidence: Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview: Current Protection Relays; published form: Maximum Current Protection.
- Public vendor block: HCR1F25. Vendor library token, not an IEEE symbol number.
- Drawing role: Monitoring element
- Identifier status: The short label is a functional lookup label, not an assigned IEC or IEEE symbol number. Any separately listed Autodesk code is a verified vendor block name.
- Artwork scope: Original educational geometry. Exact standard graphics, product ratings and terminal pinouts are not certified.

## Public references

- [Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview: Current Protection Relays](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoCAD-Electrical/files/GUID-EC11EC4D-374C-4191-9534-C802D3932711.htm) — Autodesk. Public IEEE-oriented Current Protection Relays table explicitly lists HCR1F25 as Maximum Current Protection. This supports the vendor convention context, not reproduction of the publisher graphic.

## 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.
