CA2291461A1 - Residential load center with arcing fault protection - Google Patents

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CA2291461A1
CA2291461A1 CA002291461A CA2291461A CA2291461A1 CA 2291461 A1 CA2291461 A1 CA 2291461A1 CA 002291461 A CA002291461 A CA 002291461A CA 2291461 A CA2291461 A CA 2291461A CA 2291461 A1 CA2291461 A1 CA 2291461A1
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load center
fault protection
arcing fault
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John James Dougherty
Donald Mcdonald
Ronald David Ciarcia
Edward Eungyun Kim
Roger John Morgan
James Ilsley Smith
Paul Austen Raymont
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H1/00—Details of emergency protective circuit arrangements
    • H02H1/0007—Details of emergency protective circuit arrangements concerning the detecting means
    • H02H1/0015—Using arc detectors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H7/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from normal working conditions
    • H02H7/26—Sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, e.g. for disconnecting a section on which a short-circuit, earth fault, or arc discharge has occured
    • H02H7/30—Staggered disconnection

Abstract

A residential load center includes an electronic trip unit as the main circuit breaker for overcurrent and arcing fault protection while connecting with thermal magnetic circuit breakers in each of the branch circuits for overcurrent protection within the individual branch circuits.
CA002291461A 1998-12-11 1999-12-02 Residential load center with arcing fault protection Expired - Fee Related CA2291461C (en)

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CA2291461C (en) 2009-05-19

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