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Semiconductor fuses
       Semiconductor (AC) fuses


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       Other Protistor Fuses
       BS88-4 Fuses
       000 BS88 - 500 V to 690 VAC







            L/R (ms)  DC Application data
                                                     Um (V)
       100   d  c  b  a
                                                                                    Rated
        90                                      1400                                          Curve  Ipm (A)
                                                           L/R =80 ms               current
        80                                                     L/R =25 ms
                                                1200                                  20        a      60
        70
                                                                 L/R =10 ms           25        a      65
        60                                      1000                                  32        a      90
        50                                       800                                  40        a      120
        40                                                                            50        a      150
                                                 600                                  63        a      200
        30                                                                            80        a      270
        20                                       400                                 100        a      370
        10                                       200                                 125        a      500
         0                                                                           160        a      700
           0                       U (V)           0                                 200        b     1200
             100  200  300  400  500  600  700      0  100  200  300  400  500  600  700  U (V)  250  c  1800
        Above: curves indicate permissible value of time constant                    315        c     2200
        L/R as a function of DC working voltage.    Above: Curves indicate peak arc  350        d     2600
        Curve a: for ratings from 20 to 160 A       voltage Um which may appear
        Curve b : for ratings from 180 to 200 A     across the fuse terminals at wor-  400      d     3100
        Curve c : for ratings from 250 to 315 A     king voltage U.
        Curve d : for ratings from 350 to 400 A                                   Ipm values give minimum DC inter-
                                                                                  rupting current in amps.
        Current limitation curves
                                                                                 Watts loss
                      Below: Curves show, for each rating,  value of peak let-through
              I (A)   current Ic as a function of available fault current Ip.  Ip (A)  P/Pn
              C
         10 5                                                             400 A    0.9 1
                        Ic = 2.5  Ip  gRB       URB       Ic = 2.5  Ip  Ic =    2  Ip  350 A  0.8
                                                                          315 A
                                                                          250 A
                                                                          200 A
                                                                                   0.7
                                                                          160 A
         10 4               Ic =    2  Ip  125 A                          150 A    0.6
                                        100 A
                                                                          125 A
                                                                          110 A
                                        80 A
                                        63 A
                                        50 A                              100 A    0.5
                                                                          80 A
                                        40 A                              75 A     0.4
                                        32A
                                        25 A                                       0.3
                                        20 A
          3                                                                        0.2
         10
                                                                                   0.1
                                                                                    0
                                                                                       0.5  0.6  0.7  0.8  0.9  1.0  1.1  I/In
          2
         10                                                                     Above: Curve enables computation of
            10     10 3    10 4   10 5   10 6  10  2  10  3  10  4  10  5  10  6  power losses P for a IN-rated fuse as a
                                                                                function of the R.M.S. current I (as a mul-
        Time vs current characteristics                                         tiple of IN for steady state operation)
           t (s)    25  40  63  100     gRB          t (s)         80  100 110  125 150  160 200  315  URB
                   20  32  50  80  125                            75    250  350  400
           10 4                                      10 4                                          Left:  Curves
                                                                                                   indicate, for
           10 3                                      10 3                                          each rated
                                    a= 130                                              a= 130     current, pre-
                                    A2=0.6                                              A2=0.6     arcing time
           10 2                     B1= 1.25         10 2                               B1= 1.25   vs. R.M.S.
                                    B2= 0.6                                             B2= 0.6    pre-arcing
                                    Cf3= 0.8                                            Cf3= 0.8
                                                                   C       C'                      current
            10                                        10                    C  C'
             1                                         1
           10 -1                                    10 -1
                                                                                                   Tolerance
           10 -2                                    10 -2                                          for  mean
                                                                                                   pre-arcing
                                                                                                   current ±
           10 -3                                    10 -3                                          8%.
           10 -4                                    10 -4
                                              4
                                                                                                  5
              10       10 2      10 3       10 I (A)   10        10 2     10 3        10 4      10 I (A)
                                                          SCAC217
       12/04
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