Arcing Faults in Metallic Conduit at 120 and 240 V

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn IA-21, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 820-825

  Fuller, Jackson F ^a   Hanna, William J ^a   Kallenbach, Gene A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Sperry Flight Systems ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONDUITS; ELECTRIC WIRING - FIRE PROTECTION;

AC ARCS; ARCING FAULTS;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS;

EID: 0022186828     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: 19399367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.1985.349502     Document Type: Article

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