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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: breaking capacity (of a switching device or a fuse)
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Definition: a value of prospective current that a switching device or a fuse is capable of breaking at a stated voltage under prescribed conditions of use and behaviour

NOTE 1 – The voltage to be stated and the conditions to be prescribed are dealt with in the relevant publications.

NOTE 2 – For switching devices, the breaking capacity may be termed according to the kind of current included in the prescribed conditions, e.g. line-charging breaking capacity, cable charging breaking capacity, single capacitor bank breaking capacity, etc.


Publication date:1984
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