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2. Breaking capacity - Wikipedia

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   Types used in commercial and industrial low-voltage distribution systems are rated to safely interrupt 200,000 amperes. The rating of power circuit breakers varies according to the application voltage; a circuit breaker that interrupts 50,000 amperes at 208 volts might be rated to interrupt only 10,000 amperes at 600 volts, for example.

3. Prospective short-circuit current - Wikipedia

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   The effect of too high short-circuit current is discussed in the previous section. The short-circuit current should be around 20 times the rating of the circuit to ensure the branch circuit protection clears a fault quickly. Quick disconnecting is needed, because during a line-to-ground short circuit the grounding pin potential on the power ...

4. Circuit breaker - Wikipedia

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   All circuit breaker systems have common features in their operation, but details vary substantially depending on the voltage class, current rating and type of the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker must first detect a fault condition. In small mains and low-voltage circuit breakers, this is usually done within the device itself. Typically ...

5. Orders of magnitude (current) - Wikipedia

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   230 V AC, Europe common domestic circuit breaker rating 15 or 20 A 120 V AC, United States, Canada and Mexico domestic circuit breaker rating 16.6 A 120 V AC, toaster, kettle (2 kW) 20 A 230 V AC, Immersion heater (4.6 kW) 24 A 12V DC, PC, High-performance graphics card (288W) 38.3 A 120 V AC, Immersion heater (4.6 kW) 10 2: 80–160 A

6. Transient recovery voltage - Wikipedia

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   Examples of TRV waveshapes. A transient recovery voltage (TRV) for high-voltage circuit breakers is the voltage that appears across the terminals after current interruption. It is a critical parameter for fault interruption by a high-voltage circuit breaker, its characteristics (amplitude, rate of rise) can lead either to a successful current interruption or to a failure (called reignition or ...

7. Utilization categories - Wikipedia

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   The utilization categories category for low-voltage switchgear defines the characteristic operating conditions for switchgear such as contactors, circuit-breakers, circuit-breaker-fuse units, contactor relays, etc. These devices are dimensioned for different electrical loads and for different operating conditions.