What is stabilizing resistor?

Answer 1

Care must be taken to ensure that the relay does not operate from the spill current resulting from unequal CT saturation during motor starting, where the high currents involved will almost certainly saturate the motor CT's. It is common to use a stabilising resistor in series with the relay. The effect of the stabilising resistor is to increase the effective setting of the relay under these conditions, and hence delay tripping. When a stabilising resistor is used, the tripping characteristic should normally be instantaneous. An alternative technique, avoiding the use of a stabilising resistor is to use a definite time delay characteristic. The time delay used will normally have to be found by trial and error, as it must be long enough to prevent maloperation during a motor start, but short enough to provide effective protection in case of a fault.