§ 690-311. Switches, fuses and circuit breakers
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 52 P.S. Mines and MiningEffective: January 5, 2009
Effective: January 5, 2009
52 P.S. § 690-311
§ 690-311. Switches, fuses and circuit breakers
(a) Construction.--Fuses and automatic circuit breakers shall be constructed as to effectively interrupt the current on short circuit or when the current through them exceeds a predetermined value. Open type fuses shall be provided with terminals. Circuit breakers shall be of adequate interrupting capacity.
(b) Trip setting.--Circuit breakers used to protect feeder circuits shall be set to trip when the current exceeds more than 50% of the rated capacity of the feeder. In case the feeder is subjected to overloads sufficient to trip the circuit breaker but of short duration, the circuit breaker may be equipped with a device which will prevent its acting unless the overload persists for a period longer than ten seconds. Trip current shall be indicated at the circuit breaker.
Credits
2008, July 7, P.L. 654, No. 55, § 311, effective in 180 days [Jan. 5, 2009].
52 P.S. § 690-311, PA ST 52 P.S. § 690-311
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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