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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:
    .
    Time tc formula
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Edvard Csanyi

Electrical engineer, programmer and founder of EEP. Highly specialized for design of LV/MV switchgears and LV high power busbar trunking (<6300A) in power substations, commercial buildings and industry facilities. Professional in AutoCAD programming.

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  1. Nick Jhones
    Jul 12, 2018

    Circuit breaker formula has been given using it I have setting circuit breaker tripping with ms excel spreadsheet. for that protective unit of circuit breaker must be filled up.

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