Conditions for series arcing phenomena in PVC wiring

Electrical Contacts, Proceedings of the Annual Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 167-175

  Shea, John J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

AFCI; Arcing; Dielectric Breakdown; Glowing Contact; PVC; Residential Circuit Breaker; Series Arcing

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; GLOWING CONTACT; RESIDENTIAL CIRCUIT BREAKER; SAFETY HAZARD; SERIES ARCING;

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

ELECTRIC WIRING;

EID: 33747413376     PISSN: 03614395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HOLM.2005.1518240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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