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RDSO-EL/0/TPS(TPTE)/1/2020-O/o PED/SE/RDSO-Part(1)

Hkkjr ljdkj & jsy ea=ky; Government of India - Ministry of Railways

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LUCKNOW – 226011
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No. EL/11.5.5/21 Dated: As signed

Principal Chief Electrical Engineers;
 Central Railway, HQs Office, 2nd floor, Parcel Office Bldg., Mumbai – 400 001
 East Central Railway, Hajipur (Bihar) – 844 101
 Eastern Railway, Fairlie Place, Kolkata – 700 001
 East Coast Railway, Railway Complex, Bhubaneswar – 751 023
 Northern Railway, Baroda House, New Delhi – 110 001
 North Central Railway, Allahabad – 211 001
 North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur –273 001
 Southern Railway, Park Town, Chennai – 600 003
 South Central Railway, HQs Office, Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad – 500 071
 South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach, Kolkata – 700 043
 South East Central Railway, Bilaspur – 495 004
 South Western Railway, Hubli – 580020
 West Central Railway, HQs Office, Opp. Indira Market, Jabalpur – 482 001
 Western Railway, Churchgate, Mumbai – 400 020
 Banaras Locomotive Works, Varanasi – 221004
 Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan – 713331 (WB)
 Patiala Locomotive Works, Patiala – 147 003.

MODIFICATION SHEET NO. RDSO/2022/EL/MS/0488 (REV. ‘0’) dated 22/07/2022

1.0 Title:
Provision of Blocking Diode in HOG control circuit (in series of MCB 129.2/1) of HOG
compliant WAP7&WAP5 Three Phase Electric Locomotives.

2.0 Brief History:

2.1 ELS/RPM based locomotive working for passenger train with HOG has failed because
of wrong feed coming to UIC coupler from power car. In normal working condition
the control supply of HOG will be directed from the locomotive to power car. In this
case, feed got extended wrongly from power car to UIC coupler (Pin-11) because of
which the locomotive (which was in off condition) electronics got switched ON and
node went to 612. When LP kept BL key to D position, node went to 504 and worked
further. Later when LP tried to turn off the locomotive using BL key, then node went
to 613 and got stuck there. Further, locomotive has not responded to BL key and
remained at 613 node.

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2.2 The above scenario is verified in locomotive 39156/WAP7/MEDHA at ELS/LGD by

giving feed externally at UIC coupler pin no. 11 & 12 with locomotive being in off
condition. The same result (same as RPM loco failure) was observed in
locomotive.The main reason for the failure was, tapping the HOG control supply
from the cable 2096 (after 218 interlock) without reverse feed protection because of
which wrong feed was getting extended to locomotive electronics through 2096
cable.

2.3 ELS/CNB loco no 37129 failed on 07.03.21, at the time of incident LP tried to switch
OFF/ON MCE but MCE supply was not OFF, then Battery MCB 112.1 tripped but
again failed to turn off control electronics.Finally UIC coupler had to be disconnected
to turn off the Control Electronics. Loco was thoroughly checked at ELS/CNB and no
problem was found. ELS/CNB had carried out joint investigation of the incident with
TL/AC department. On further investigation of loco and power car jointly with
TL/AC, it was found that false feed of 110V appeared from power car due to which
control electronics supply was not getting OFF.

2.4 Loco no. 37142 of ELS/ED has failed while working on train no.02845 due to
disturbance in converter. While trying to switch OFF/ON CE through MCE,
experienced that CE is not getting off. Back feed from power car has caused unable
to switch off CE in loco.

2.5 In normal working condition, control supply for HOG will be from loco to power car.
In some cases (Especially LSLRD type Brake vans) it has been observed that feed is
getting from power car to UIC coupler pin No.11 (cable No.2096). Hence LP was
unable to Switch OFF/Reset Main control electronics.

3.0 Objective:

3.1 To avoid above failure, a diode has to be placed in HOG control supply path after
MCB (129.2/1), which blocks the reverse feed from UIC coupler at Pin 11. Same
modification is implemented in 37538/LGD locomotive and verified that locomotive
is working normal even though wrong feed is given in UIC coupler (pin 11) and
ELS/ED has also reported that to avoid back feed from power car, a blocking diode
(VSHOG) has been provided in all ELS/ED locomotives and working satisfactory.

3.2 As a result, HOG, SR, BUR, VCU electronics can be switched OFF since contactor 218
will remain open and false feedback from power car through UIC coupler pin no. 11
will not go to control electronics after addition of blocking diode.

3.3 The main objective of this modification sheet to suggest a scheme to avoid failure of
locomotives due to wrong feed from power car through UIC coupler pin no. 11.

4.0 Limitation in Existing circuit:

4.1 It is to be mentioned that control electronics of locomotive will not be possible to

made switched off when wrong feed is coming from power car through UIC coupler

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pin no. 11 (wire no UH11, which is connected in output of HOG control MCB
129.2/1) to the locomotive.

4.2 As per the control circuit under normal condition, after closing the Battery MCB
112.1, when BL key is put to ON position, then control supply goes to VCU, BUR, SR
as well as to HOG follows the path of MCB112.1 wire2094 Contactor126
wire2095 contactor 218 wire 2096 to control electronics of SR, BUR,
HOG etc.

4.3 In the normal situation to drive a loco, LP puts BL key to Drive position then both
contactors 126 and 218 closes and if MCE is switched OFF then VCU, BUR, SR and
HOG control supply gets switched off, since contactor 126 and 218 gets open and
control supply gets off.

4.4 However, in case, false feedback from power car appears then even if battery MCB
112.1 is OFF and contactor no. 126 is open, contactor 218 will remain open. Wire no.
2096 will have supply due to false feedback of 110 V DC from power car through
hotel load MCB 129.2/1 due to which HOG, BUR, SR and VCU electronics will not get
switch off. They will get supply directly from false feedback via wire no. 2096, since
110 V DC supply is available on pin no 11 of UIC socket which is coming from power
car.

5.0 Instructions:
Following instructions may please be followed for this modification:-

SN Instruction
Insert a diode (labelled as ‘VSHOG’) in series with the cable no. UH11 of 129.2/1
1 MCB output in SB2. (Remove the cable no. UH11 from wago in SB2 and connect it
to diode anode terminal, connect cathode terminal to wago in SB2).
2 Secure the diode to protect it from getting earthed or opened due to vibration.
After completion of work, ensure the following two aspects
a. Ensure correct polarity of diode provided by observing the status of HLC
converters display (display should be ‘ON’) after keeping BL switch in ‘D’
position. If display is blank, then diode polarity shall be corrected.
3 b. After MCE ON, extend 110V feed to UIC coupler pin no. 11 from self-
locomotive battery positive cable. Now try to switch ‘OFF’ MCE and ensure
that MCE is getting ‘OFF’ and again carry out MCE ON and it should be
possible to reach 504 node (power ON). If any deviation in the above
mentioned behavior, ensure correct wiring of modified circuit.

6.0 Modified Scheme:

MCB 129.2/1 Modified circuit diagram is given below.

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7.0 Material required:

i. VS blocking diode 01no. (Used in conventional loco, Rating-12Amps.)
ii. 1.5 sq. mm control cable – 0.5 mts.

8.0 Application to the class of locomotive:

All HOG compliant WAP-7/WAP-5 type 3-Phase electric locomotives.

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9.0 Agency of Implementation:

All PUs, POH Shops, Electric Loco Sheds Holding 3-Phase Electric Locomotives.

10.0 Periodicity of Implementation:

Commissioning, POH, all major and minor schedule.

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Encl: Nil. For Director General (Elect.)

Copy to:
 Secretary (Electrical Engg./RS), Railway Board, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001.

Encl: Nil . For Director General (Elect.)

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