Power management company Eaton and its Bussmann business launched the Fuses Made Simple - Control Circuits program to help enhance the control fuse selection process and safety in a variety of ...

This product is featured in EDN’s Hot 100 products of 2014. See all 100 here. Protecting the precious designs, that engineers create with their blood, sweat and tears, is a must and should be ...

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Circuit protection has become a crucial design consideration to protect sensitive applications against overcurrent conditions. In most applications, overcurrent and overtemperature conditions are an ...

The fuse breaks the circuit if a fault in an appliance causes too much current to flow. This protects the wiring and the appliance if something goes wrong. The fuse contains a piece of wire that melts ...

Per 2014 NEC Article 100, short circuit current rating (SCCR) is defined as: “The prospective symmetrical fault current at a nominal voltage to which an apparatus or system is able to be connected ...

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we presented a 3-phase, 480VAC motor circuit with its associated controls (Figure). We stepped through a logical, systematic approach to troubleshoot the main power ...