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EXPULSION FUSE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
DEF

A vented fuse in which the expulsion effect of the gases produced by internal arcing, either alone or aided by other mechanisms, results in current interruption.

OBS

An expulsion fuse is not current limiting and as a result limits the duration of a fault on the electrical system, not the magnitude.

OBS

expulsion fuse: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
OBS

fusible à expulsion : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
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