Report on enclosure internal arcing tests

IEEE Industry Applications Magazine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Heberlein Jr , G Erich ^a,b   Higgins, Jack A ^a,b   Epperly, Richard A ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b Allen Bradley Company   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HAZARDS; MAINTENANCE; STANDARDS;

ARCING FAULT; BOLTED FAULT; ENCLOSURE INTERNAL ARCING TESTS; LOW VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT; MOTOR CONTROL CENTERS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0030151844     PISSN: 10772618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2943.491384     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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