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Arc Chute

03/07/2010 3:39 PM

I'm trying to find an interactive display of how an arc chute operates to extinguish an arc. This is for training/information for inexperienced personal who are not familiar with the internal operation of switchgear.
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Re: Arc Chute

03/07/2010 4:11 PM

Better than GA--excellent. I could have used this in a recent thread on Short Circuit Current.

For the OP, Bussmann Fuse has a great video on this. They goose an unsuitable CB with a huge fault current; the CB flies across the room. With a correct fuse, you see nothing but a tiny wisp of smoke.

On a recent thread about Jakob's Ladder Wall, Redfred posted a neat video of some 500kV switchgear interrupting a circuit with a bit of delay....

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03/07/2010 10:33 PM

GA from me too. I had no idea such stuff even existed!

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03/07/2010 10:41 PM

Visit this site, you will find many animations of Arc behaviour... this gif image is one of them.

http://fei1.vsb.cz/kat453/www453/soubory/mfp_lab/en/special.htm

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