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  2. Circuit breaker - Wikipedia

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    Actuator lever – used to manually trip and reset the circuit breaker. Also indicates the status of the circuit breaker (On or Off/tripped). Most breakers are designed so they can still trip even if the lever is held or locked in the "on" position. This is sometimes referred to as "free trip" or "positive trip" operation.

  3. Residual-current device - Wikipedia

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    A residual-current device (RCD), residual-current circuit breaker (RCCB) or ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) [a] is an electrical safety device that interrupts an electrical circuit when the current passing through a conductor is not equal and opposite in both directions, therefore indicating leakage current to ground or current flowing to another powered conductor.

  4. Earth-leakage circuit breaker - Wikipedia

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    If the installation's Earth rod is placed close to the Earth rod of a neighbouring building, a high Earth leakage current in the other building can raise the local ground potential and cause a voltage difference across the two Earths, again tripping the ELCB. Close Earth rods are unsuitable for ELCB use for this reason, but in real life such ...

  5. Recloser - Wikipedia

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    At two multiples of the rated current, the recloser's rapid trip curve can cause a trip (off circuit) in as little as 1.5 cycles (or 30 milliseconds). During those 1.5 cycles, other separate circuits can see voltage dips or blinks until the affected circuit opens to stop the fault current.

  6. Selectivity (circuit breakers) - Wikipedia

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    Selectivity, also known as circuit breaker discrimination, is the coordination of overcurrent protection devices so that a fault in the installation is cleared by the protection device located immediately upstream of the fault. The purpose of selectivity is to minimize the impact of a failure on the network.

  7. Fault current limiter - Wikipedia

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    However, this also limits the ability of the circuit to satisfy rapidly changing demand, so the addition or removal of large loads causes unstable power. [ citation needed ] A fault current limiter is a nonlinear element which has a low impedance at normal current levels, but presents a higher impedance at fault current levels.

  8. Electrical contact - Wikipedia

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    For contact spots of radii smaller than the mean free path of electrons , ballistic conduction of electrons occurs, resulting in a phenomenon known also as Sharvin resistance. [10] Contact force or pressure increases the size of the a-spot which decreases the constriction resistance and the electrical contact resistance. [ 11 ]

  9. Protective relay - Wikipedia

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    In electrical engineering, a protective relay is a relay device designed to trip a circuit breaker when a fault is detected. [ 1 ] : 4 The first protective relays were electromagnetic devices, relying on coils operating on moving parts to provide detection of abnormal operating conditions such as over-current, overvoltage , reverse power flow ...