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Indian Standard
DIRECT ACTING INDICATING ANALOGUE
ELECTRICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENTS AND
THEIR ACCESSORIES
PART 5 SPECIAL

REQUIREMENTS
FOR PHASE METERS,
METERS AND SYNCHROSCOPES

POWER FACTOR

( Third Revision)

ICS 17.220.20

BUREAU
MANAK

December 2003

OF
BHAVAN,

BIS 2003

INDIAN

STANDARDS

9 BAHADUR
SHAH
NEW DELHI 110002

ZAFAR

MARG

Price Group 3

Measuring

Equipment

for Basic Electrical Quantities

Sectional Committee,

ET 12

FOREWORD
This 1ndian Standard (Part 5) (Third Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft
final ized by the Measuring Equipment for Basic Electrical Quantities Sectional Committee had been approved
by the Electrotechnical
Division Council,
This standard covers the special requirements for phase meters, power factor meters and synchroscopes.
standard was first published in 1958 and was revised in 1968 and in 1983.

This

This standard is one of a series of nine Indian Standards on direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring
instruments and their accessories. The other parts are as follows:
(Part l) :2003

Definitions

(Part 2): 2003

Special requirements

(Part 3) :2003
(Part 4) :2003
(Part 6) :2003

and general requirements

~ourth revision)

for ammeters and voltmeters

(third revision)

Special requirements

for wattmeters

(third revision)

Special requirements

for frequency

Special requirements
revision)

for ohmmeters

and varmeters

meters (third revision)

(impedance

(Part 7) :2003

Special requirements

for multi-function

(Part 8) :2003

Special requirements

for accessories

(Part 9) :2003

Test methods (third revision)

meters) and conductance

instruments

meters (third

(third revision)

(third revision)

In preparation of this standard, assistance has been derived from [EC 60051-5 (1985) Direct acting indicating
analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories: Part 5 Special requirements for phase meters,
Electrotechnical
power factor meters and synchroscopes
(fourth edition), issued by the International
Commission (lEC).
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final value,
observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with IS 2: 1960
Ru Ies for rounding off numerical values (revised). The number of significant places retained in the rounded off
value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.

IS 1248 (Part 5) :2003

Indian Standard
DIRECT ACTING INDICATING ANALOGUE
ELECTRICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENTS AND
THEIR ACCESSORIES
PART 5 SPECIAL

REQUIREMENTS
FOR PHASE METERS,
METERS AND SYNCHROSCOPES
(

Third Revision)
0.1,0.2,0.3,

1 SCOPE
1.1 This standard
(Part 5) covers direct acting
indicating analogue phase meters, power factor meters
and synchroscopes.
1.2 This part also applies to non-interchangeable
accessories asdefined in2.1.15.3 of IS 1248 (Partl)
used with phase meters, power factor meters and
synch roscopes.
1.3 This part also applies to a phase meters or power
factor meters whose scale marks do not correspond
directly to its electrical input quantity, provided that
the relationship between them is known.
2 REFERENCES
2.1 The following
this standard:

standards are necessary adjuncts to

IS No.

Title
Direct acting indicating analogue
electrical measuring instruments and
their accessories:
Definitions and general requirements
~ourth revision)
Test methods (third revision)

1248

(Part 1) :2003
(Part 9): 2003

4 DESCRIPTION,
COMPLIANCE

0.5, 1, 1.5,2,2.5,3

4.3 Compliance
Standard
The provisions
applicable.

with the Requirements

of 4.3 of IS 1248 (Part

5 REFERENCE
ERRORS
5.1 Reference

and 5.

CONDITIONS

of this

1) shall be

AND INTRINSIC

Conditions

5.1.1 The reference values of the influence quantities

shall be as given in Table 1 of IS 1248 (Part 1) and
Table 1.
5.1.2 The provisions
apply.

of 5.1.2 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall

5.1.3 Reference conditions different from those given

in Table 1 of IS 1248 (Part 1) and Table 1 may be
specified, but they shall then be marked in accordance
with 9 of IS 1248 (Part 1).
5.2 Limits of Intrinsic Error, Fiducial Value
The provisions

of 5.2 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall apply.

For a synchroscope, the accuracy requirements

only at the synchronizing mark.

3 DEFINITIONS
3.1 The provisions

POWER FACTOR

of3 of 1S 1248 (Part 1) shall apply.

CLASSIFICATION

AND

5.2.1 Correspondence
Accuracy Class

Between

Intrinsic

apply

Error and

The provisions of 5.2.1 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall apply.

4.1 Description

5.2.2 Fiducial

Phase meters, power factor meters and synchroscopes

shall be described
according
to their method of
operation as given in 3.2 of IS 1248 (Part 1).

The fiducial value corresponds to 90 electrical degrees.

The class index is marked using Symbol E- 1 given in
Table 3 of 1S 1248 (Part 1) [see 9 of IS 1248 (Part l)].

4.2 Classification

6 NOMINAL

RANGE OF USE AND VARIATIONS

6.1 Nominal

Range of Use

Phase meters, power factor meters and synchroscopes

shall be classified in one of the accuracy classes
denoted by the following class indices :

Value

The provisions of 6.1 of IS 1248 (Part 1) and Table 2.

1S 1248 (Part 5) :2003

Table 1 Reference Conditions and Tolerances, Additional to those Given in
Table 1 of IS 1248 (Part 1) for Testing Purposes
(Clause 5.1. 1)
Influenee

SI

Quantity

No.

Referenee Conditions
Unless Otherwise Marked

Tolerance Permitted for Testing

Purposes, Applicable for a Single
Reference Value (see Note 1)

(3)

(4)

(2)

(1)
i)

Voltage component
quantity

of the measured

Rated voltage or atry voltage within the

reference range, if any

ii)

Current component
quantity

of the measured

40 percent to 100 percent of rated current

iii)

balance
Phase
instruments)

(for

Symmetrical

iv)

Frequency of current and voltage

measured
components
of
the
quantity
at reference
frequency,
45 HZ to 65 Hz

polyphase

+ 2 percent of the rated value

(see Note 2)

voltages and currents

a) Instruments using phase~shitting devices

b) Other instruments

*O. 1 percent of the reference frequent

~2

percent
of the reference frequency

NOTES
1 rbis tolerance applies when a single reference value is specified in this table or is marked by the manufacturer.
no tolerance is allowed.

For a reference range

2 Each of the voltages (between any two lines or between line and neutral) shall not differ by more than I percent from the average of th
voltages (1ine-to-l ine or Iine-to-neutral) of the system. Each of the currents in the phases shall not differ by more than 1 percent from th
average of the currents, The angles between each of the currents and the corresponding phase-to-neutral voltages shall not differ by mor
than 2 from the average of the angles.

Table 2 Limits of the Nominal Range of Use and Permissible Variations

those Given in Table 2 of IS 1248 (Part 1)

Additional

to

(Clause 6.1)

Influence Quantity

Limits nf the Nominal Range

of the tlse Unless Otherwise
Marked

Permissible Variation
Expressed as a
Percentage of the Class
Index

For the
Recommended
Test, Ref to Cl of
1S 1248 (Part 9)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Distortion factor

5 percent

100 percent

Peak factor
(see Note 1)

1. . ...3 (see Note2)

Distortion of
vol~dge and/or
current
components of the
measured quantity
Current component
quantity

of the measured

20 percent ,.,,120 percent of

Frequency of current and voltage

components of the measured quantity

Other
instruments

Under consideration

100 percent

rated current

Instruments
using phase
shitting devices

Reference
frequency +1
percent or lower
limit of reference
range 1 percent
and upper limit
of reference
range + 1 percent
Reference
frequency *1 O
percent or lower
limit of reference
range10
percent and
upper limit of
reference range
+ ] O percent

3.7.3

Under
consideration

3.8.2
3.8.3
100 percent
3.8.4

IS 1248 (Part 5) :2003

Table 2 (Concluded)

Influence Quantity

I.imits of the Nominal

Range of the Use
IJnless Otherwise
Martied

Permissible Variation
Expressed as a Percentage of the Class
Index

(i)

(2)

(3)

0.4 L4/m

Magnetic lield of
external origin

Rated
*15 percent

Voltage component 01
the Imeasored quantity

Class indices
0.5 and greater

Elcctrodyrramic
instruments,
if
not mtatic andl
or not having a
magnetic
screen

3 percent of the
fiducial
value
(see Note 3)

6 percent of the
fiducial
value
(see Note 3)

Ferrodynamic
instruments,
if
not astatic andl
or not having a
magnetic screen

1,5
percent
of the fiducial
value
(see
Note 3)

3 percent of the
fiducial
value
(see Note 3)

All other
instruments

0.75 percent of
fiducial
the
value
(see
Note 3)

1.5 percent of
fiducial
the
value
(see
Note 3)

3.5

3.9.3

voltage
or lower

3.9.4

100

Disconnection
ot one
current component 0S
the measured quantity

(4)

Class indices
0.3 and smaller

()t reference
limit
range 15 percent and
limit
of
upper
+Is
reference
range
percent
Phase balance (tbr
polyphase instrumcots)

For the Recommended

Test, Ref to Cl of
IS 1248 (Part 9)

3.9.5

3.12.2

200

NOT13
1 For instruments

having electronic

2 1bc permissible

vuriatiou

\ ariation due to distortion

1 or instruments
a)

devices in their measuring

circuits,

due to n peak factor of other than

(corresponding

to sine wave) is included

having a peak Pactor capability

lhc peak factor producing

a variation

greater than 3. tbe manufacturer

shall state :

of 100 percent of the class index.

b)

The upper and lower Iimits of tbe frequen~y response (band width) to 0.707 times the indication

c)

Ihe effective maximum rate olchange

using appropriate S.1. prefixes

3 Not as a percentage

olthe

in the permissible

of the measured quantity.

01 internal instruments

at the reference

frequency,

a.c. amplifier response (slew rate), expressed in volts per second.

class index,

6.2 Limits of Variations

7.2 Damping

See IS 1248 (Part 1) and Table 2.

The requirements
of 7.2 of IS 1248 (Part 1) do not
apply to phase meters, power factor meters and
synchroscopes
but applies to phase meters and
power factor meters which have mechanical
zero
setting.

6.3 Conditions

for the Determination

The provisions

of 6.3 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall apply.

7 FURTHER

ELECTRICAL

of Variations

AND MECHANICAL

REQUIREMENTS

7.3 Self-Heating

7.1 Voltage Tests, Insulation Test and Other Safety

Requirements

The provisions of 7.3 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall apply.

However, the requirements of IS 1248 (Part 1) do not
apply to synchrosopes.

The provisions

of 7.1 of IS 1248 (Part I ) shall apply.

p-.

IS 1248 (Part 5) :2003

7.4 Permissible
7.4.1 Continuous

Overloads

7.5 Limiting Values of Temperature

The provisions

Overload

7.6 Deviation

For the test method, see 5.6 of IS 1248 (Part 9).

of 7.5 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall apply.

from Zero

For the test method, see 5.9 of IS 1248 (Part 9).

Al i phase meters and power factor meters, together

with their non-interchangeable
accessory (ies), if any,
except for instruments fitted with anon-locking switch,
shall be subjected to a continuous overload of 120
percent of the rated value for all current circuits
simultaneously for a period of 2 h.

7.6.1 If a phase meter or a power factor meter has a

setting mark (zero position mark) on the scale, it shall
be tested for return to that mark when de-energized.
The test shall be carried out under reference conditions.

After having cooled to the reference temperature, the

instrument
together with its non-interchangeable
accssory(ies), if any, shall comply with its accuracy
requirements but without repeating the overload.

7.6.2 After a period of energization of 30s at the upper

limit of the measuring range, the deviation of the index
from the setting mark (zero position mark), expressed
as a percentage of the scale length, shall not exceed a
value corresponding to 50 percent of the class index.

The continuous overload test shall be carried out under

reference conditions except for current.

7.6.3
This requirement
synchroscopes.

The requirement
for continuous
apply to synchroscopes.

7.7 Special Requirements

7.4.2 Overload

overload

does not

does

not

apply

to

for Synchroscopes

7.7.1 Synchroscopes
shall have two separate input
circuits, with no conductive connection between them.

of.yhort Duration

7.7.2 For polyphase synchroscopes, the index shall be

rotating in the correct direction when the difference
between the frequencies
applied to the two input
circuits has been reduced to 1.5 Hz, one of the
frequencies, being the reference frequency or any
frequency within the reference range for frequency (if
any).

For the test method, see 5.4 of IS 1248 (Part 9). All
phase meters, power factor meters and synchroscopes,
together with their non-interchangeable
accessory(ies),
if any, shall be subjected to overloads of short duration.
However,
these requirements
do not apply to
instruments whose scale marks do not correspond
directly to their electrical input quantities (but not
excluding instruments intended to be used with [an
instrument transformer(s)].

For single phase synchroscopes,

changed to 1 Hz.

the value of 1.5 Hz is

7.7.3 For polyphase synchroscopes, for any constant

frequency difference not exceeding 1.5 Hz, the rate of
rotation of the index shall be substantially uniform as
judged visually. For single phase synchroscopes, the
value of 1.5 Hz is changed to 1 Hz.

7.4.2.1 The value of current and voltage for the overloads

of short duration shall be the product of the relevant
factor given in Table 3 and the rated value of voltage or
the upper limit of the nominal range of use for current
unless other values are stated by the manufacturer.

7.7.4 Under reference conditions, but with one or both

circuits disconnected, the index shall not indicate, at
any time, within an angle of 30 on either side of the
synchronizing mark. This requirement also applies if
the disconnected circuit(s) remain connected to the
secondary of the instrument transformer(s) with which
it (they) is (are) normally associated, the disconnection
being achieved on the primary of the transformer(s).

The overloads shall be applied separately to each input

circuit.
7.4.2.2 The full duration of each overload shall be
applied except when an automatic cut-out (fuse) fitted
to the instrument has interrupted the circuit in less than
the time specified in Table 3.
The automatic cut-out shall be re-set (or the fuse
replaced) before the application of the next overload.

8 CONSTRUCTIONAL

7.4.2.3 After having been subjected to the overloads

of short duration and after having cooled to the
reference temperature,
phase meters, power factor
meters and synchroscopes,
together with their noninterchangeable
accessory(ies),
if any, shall comply
with their accuracy -. requirements;
however,
the
overloads shall not be repeated.

REQUIREMENTS

8.1 The provisions of 8.1 of IS 1248 (Part 1) is not

applicable.

8.2 The provisions

applicable.

of 8.2 of IS 1248 (Part 1) is not

8.3 The provisions

applicable.

of 8.3 of IS 1248 (Part 1) is not

IS 1248 (Part 5) :2003

Table 3 Overloads

of Short Duration

(Clauses 7.4.2.1 and 7.4.2.2)

Interval Between
Successive Overloads

Measuring
Circuit

Overload
Factor

Number of
Overloads

Duration of
Each Overload

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Current circuit
Voltage circuit

2
2

5
Class indices 1 and greater

15

Current
Voltage
Current
Voltage

10

0.5

Class indices 0.5 and smaller

circuit
circuit
circuit
circuit

60

10

NOTE Where two series of tests are specified, they shall both be carried out, in ttre order given.

8.4 Preferred

Values

The rated values for phase meters, power factor meters

and synchroscopes
shall be the subject of agreement
between the manufacturer and the user.

9 INFORMATION,
SYMBOLS

Mechanical

and/or Electrical

The provisions

of 8.5 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall apply.

8.5.1 Zero Adjuster(s)

8.5.1.1
Phase meters and power factor meters having
a mechanical zero position on the scale shall have a
setting mark (zero position mark) at that position.
8.5.1.2 Phase meters and power factor meters not
having a determinate
mechanical zero or having a
mechanical zero which is outside the scale shall not
be provided with an accessible zero adjuster.
8.5.1.3
This
synchroscopes.

requirement

8.6 Effects of Vibration

The provisions

does

not

apply

to

and Shock

of 8.6 of 1S 1248 (Part 1) shall apply.

MARKINGS

AND

9.1 Information
The provisions

8.5 Adjusters,

GENERAL

of 9.1 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall apply.

9.1.1 If an instrument is provided with a phase shifting

device, this shall be stated as required by items (m)
and (z) 9.1 in IS 1248 (Part 1).
9.2 The provisions
apply.

of 9.2 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall

9.3 The provisions

apply.

of 9.3 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall

10
MARKINGS
TERMINALS
The provisions

AND

FOR

of 10 of 1S 1248 (Part 1) shall apply,

11 TESTS TO PROVE
THIS STANDARD
The provisions

SYMBOLS

COMPLIANCE

WITH

of 10 of IS 1248 (Part 1) shall apply.

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