overcurrent Glossary of Refrigeration Technology courtesy of GEA Bock GmbH

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Fuses have different characteristics of operating time compared to current, characterized as, according to time required to respond to an overcurrent condition.
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Thermistors are widely used as inrush current limiters, temperature sensors, self-resetting overcurrent protectors, and self-regulating heating elements.
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The connection between neutral and earth allows any phase to earth fault to develop enough current flow to trip the circuit overcurrent protection device.
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Such short circuits are likely to result in a very high current and therefore quickly trigger an overcurrent protection device.
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When the load attempts to draw overcurrent from the supply, foldback reduces both the output voltage and current to well below the normal operating limits.
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The acceptable magnitude and duration of overcurrent is a more complex topic than ampacity.
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Ground fault relays also provide overcurrent protection.
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Fuses and circuit breakers are overcurrent or short circuit protectors.
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Optical detection is often combined with overcurrent information.
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If the cause of the overcurrent is nearby then automatically that current is interrupted immediately.
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