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Dear User,
This month, you can learn a little more about Fault Ratings.
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All electrical systems are potentially liable to short circuits. If a short circuit occurs, abnormal – and possibly dangerous - current levels are created. Such currents are likely to produce considerable thermal and mechanical stresses in electrical distribution equipment, and can be a threat to human life. Therefore, it is essential to protect personnel and equipment by calculating short-circuit currents while designing (or altering) an electrical system.
The electrical system can then also be properly protected using suitable fault current protective devices. This VoltiBULLETIN goes into the topic in terms of an introduction, definitions, today’s need for high short-circuit ratings in modern buildings, and more detail still, provided by the NICEIC.
For more information on Fault Ratings, please click on 'Technical Expertise' from the Home Page, then 'Hot Topics', and then 'Fault Ratings'. Do you have questions on Fault Ratings? Click here to get answers from Voltimum Technical Experts.
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VoltiBULLETIN
Fault Ratings
January 2006
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