The protective unit of circuit breaker MUST fulfill:
- Instantaneous trip setting Im < Iscmin for a circuit-breaker
- Fusion current Ia < Iscmin for a fuse
The protective unit (or device) must satisfy the two conditions:
- Its fault-current breaking rating must be greater than Isc, the 3-phase short-circuit current at its point of installation.
- Elimination of the minimum short-circuit current possible in the circuit, in a time tc compatible with the thermal constraints of the circuit conductors, where:
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