Electronic digital overload relays containing a microprocessor may also be used, especially for high-value motors.
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A second type of thermal overload relay uses a eutectic alloy, like a solder, to retain a spring-loaded contact.
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Larger motors have a protective overload relay or temperature sensing relay included in the controller and fuses or circuit breakers for over current protection.
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Where the overload relay is exposed to the same environment as the motor, a useful though crude compensation for motor ambient temperature is provided.
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Motor control contactors can be fitted with short-circuit protection ( fuses or circuit breakers ), disconnecting means, overload relays and an enclosure to make a combination starter.
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Other protective equipment includes the voltage relay ( which trips if the voltage in the high-voltage circuit falls below 2400 V ), the dynamotor / compressor overload relay, the heating circuit overload relay, and the automatic control shutoff switch.
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Other protective equipment includes the voltage relay ( which trips if the voltage in the high-voltage circuit falls below 2400 V ), the dynamotor / compressor overload relay, the heating circuit overload relay, and the automatic control shutoff switch.
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Such overloads should sound an alarm at the control center, and the operator should take action, such as closing a bus tie or correcting an abnormal switching configuration due to an oops error ( OOPS, WE PUT THE TOWN ON A 1 LINE FEED WHEN IT TAKES 3 LINES TO SUPPLY IT . ) Some utilities have " transformer overload relays " which do trip a transformer when it is so overloaded as to exceed its short term emeregency rating, because transformers can take months to replace, much longer than burned down conductors.