Timeline for amp rating a circuit breaker
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| Mar 15, 2020 at 23:21 | comment | added | MadHatter | all major manufacturers will have published curves in data sheets for circuit breakers that show what current for what time will cause them to trip. Typically voltage is irrelevant. | |
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| Oct 9, 2018 at 21:17 | comment | added | DrMoishe Pippik | Any breaker for the correct current, and at least the maximum voltage, should work. | |
| Oct 9, 2018 at 0:37 | comment | added | nigel | Do you have an answer to my first question? Thanks! | |
| Oct 9, 2018 at 0:20 | answer | added | Jack Creasey | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 9, 2018 at 0:14 | comment | added | DrMoishe Pippik | It's the current that makes a circuit breaker trip. Most are based on electromagnets pulling on an iron armature (fast trip on very high current) plus a thermal element that opens slowly, allowing short-term over-current. | |
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| Oct 9, 2018 at 0:06 | history | asked | nigel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |