A perspective of low-voltage circuit breaker interrupting rating

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 916-919

  Valentine, Raymond D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit breaker; Interrupting; Let through; Low voltage; Rating

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RATING; STANDARDS;

INTERRUPTING; LET THROUGH; LOW VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0033726358     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.845071     Document Type: Article

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