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Low Voltage ACB, Breaking current

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power2020

Electrical
Aug 18, 2005
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Dear Folks,
Pl. clarify regarding breaking current selection of LV ACB, if L-G fault current is more than 3-ph bolted current , which current needs to be considered for LV ACB breaking capacity? I read somewhere that we need to consider 3-ph bolted fault current to select LV ACB breaking capacity.

Advanced thanks..
 
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Since each pole of the CB has to interrupt the current, it would not matter whether it was 3 ph or 1 ph current. I would go with the highest current that needs to be interrupted to select a CB.
 
Thank you wbd for your response. Is there any co-relation between LV ACB 3-pole breaking current and 1-pole breaking current? or both are same?
 
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