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5.3.5  Testing selective (time-delayed) RCDs ..................................................................30
5.3.6  Contact voltage ......................................................................................................30
5.3.7  Trip-out time ...........................................................................................................32
5.3.8  Trip-out current ......................................................................................................33
5.3.9 Autotest ..................................................................................................................34
5.4  Loop impedance and prospective short-circuit current (Zs/ Ik) ......................................37
5.4.1  Loop impedance (loop resistance, Zl) ....................................................................37
5.4.2  Loop impedance (Zsrcd) ........................................................................................39
5.5  Line impedance and prospective short-circuit current ...................................................40
5.6  Phase rotation (phase sequence) ..................................................................................41
5.7  Voltage and frequency ...................................................................................................42
5.8  Testing the PE terminal ..................................................................................................43 
5.9  Resistance to earth (BENNING IT 120 B only) ..............................................................45
5.10 TRUE RMS current (BENNING IT 120 B only) ..............................................................46 
5.11 Illumination (BENNING IT 120 B only) ...........................................................................47 
6  Working with measurement results (BENNING IT 120 B) ........................................49
6.1  Saving measurement results ........................................................................................ 49
6.2  Recalling measurement results ..................................................................................... 50
6.3  Deleting measurement results ...................................................................................... 51
7  RS232 and USB communication (BENNING IT 120 B only) .....................................54
7.1  BENNING IT 120 B-PC software .................................................................................. 54
8 Maintenance .................................................................................................................56
8.1  Replacing fuses .............................................................................................................56
8.2 Cleaning .........................................................................................................................56
8.3  Periodic calibration .........................................................................................................56
8.4 Service ...........................................................................................................................56
9 Technicalspecications ..............................................................................................57
9.1  Insulation resistance ......................................................................................................57
9.2  Resistance / continuity testing .......................................................................................57
9.2.1 LowΩresistancemeasurement .............................................................................57
9.2.2 Continuity ...............................................................................................................57
9.3 RCD ...............................................................................................................................58
9.3.1  General data ..........................................................................................................58
9.3.2  Contact voltage ......................................................................................................58 
9.3.3  Trip-out time ...........................................................................................................59
9.3.4  Trip-out current ......................................................................................................59
9.4  Loop impedance and prospective short-circuit current ..................................................60
9.5  Line impedance and prospective short-circuit current ...................................................61
9.6  Phase rotation (phase sequence) ..................................................................................61
9.7  Voltage and frequency ...................................................................................................61
9.8  Online voltage monitor ...................................................................................................61
9.9  Resistance to earth ....................................................................................................... 62
9.10 TRUE RMS current ........................................................................................................62
9.11 Illumination .....................................................................................................................62
9.11.1  Illumination (BENNING Luxmeter type B) ..............................................................62
9.12 General data ..................................................................................................................63










