overcurrent Glossary of Refrigeration Technology courtesy of GEA Bock GmbH

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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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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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It features instant start and rugged operation while enduring high temperatures, high radiation, electromagnetic pulse, and repeated overvoltage and overcurrent events.
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These are robust, purpose-built amplifiers with many application-specific design features such as overcurrent protection and aggressive high-pass filtering for flyback voltage protection.
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Optical detection is often combined with overcurrent information.
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While in this state, the breaker is effectively useless: it does not provide any overcurrent protection.
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Medium-voltage circuit breakers nearly always use separate current sensors and protective relays, instead of relying on built-in thermal or magnetic overcurrent sensors.
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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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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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