What Is The Difference Between MCB, MCCB, ELCB, and RCCB - EEP

What is the difference between MCB, MCCB, ELCB, and RCCB | EEP
What is the difference between MCB, MCCB, ELCB, and

RCCB
MCB (Miniature Circuit Breaker)
Characteristics
Rated current not more than 100 A.
Trip characteristics normally not adjustable.
Thermal or thermal-magnetic operation.
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MCCB (Moulded Case Circuit Breaker)
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Characteristics
Rated current up to 1000 A.
Trip current may be adjustable.
Thermal or thermal-magnetic operation.
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Air Circuit Breaker

Characteristics
Rated current up to 10,000 A.
Trip characteristics often fully adjustable including configurable trip thresholds and
delays.
Usually electronically controlledsome models are microprocessor controlled.
Often used for main power distribution in large industrial plant, where the breakers are
arranged in draw-out enclosures for ease of maintenance.
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Vacuum Circuit Breaker

Characteristics
With rated current up to 3000 A,
These breakers interrupt the arc in a vacuum bottle.
These can also be applied at up to 35,000 V. Vacuum circuit breakers tend to have
longer life expectancies between overhaul than do air circuit breakers.

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RCD (Residual Current Device / RCCB(Residual Current Circuit

Breaker)
Characteristics
Phase (line) and Neutral both wires connected through RCD.
It trips the circuit when there is earth fault current.
The amount of current flows through the phase (line) should return through neutral .
It detects by RCD. any mismatch between two currents flowing through phase and
neutral detect by -RCD and trip the circuit within 30Miliseconed.
If a house has an earth system connected to an earth rod and not the main incoming
cable, then it must have all circuits protected by an RCD (because u mite not be able
to get enough fault current to trip a MCB)
RCDs are an extremely effective form of shock protection
The most widely used are 30 mA (milliamp) and 100 mA devices. A current flow of 30 mA
(or 0.03 amps) is sufficiently small that it makes it very difficult to receive a dangerous
shock. Even 100 mA is a relatively small figure when compared to the current that may
flow in an earth fault without such protection (hundred of amps)
A 300/500 mA RCCB may be used where only fire protection is required. eg., on lighting
circuits, where the risk of electric shock is small.
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Limitation of RCCB
Standard electromechanical RCCBs are designed to operate on normal supply
waveforms and cannot be guaranteed to operate where none standard waveforms
are generated by loads. The most common is the half wave rectified waveform
sometimes called pulsating dc generated by speed control devices, semi conductors,
computers and even dimmers.
Specially modified RCCBs are available which will operate on normal ac and pulsating
dc.
RCDs dont offer protection against current overloads: RCDs detect an imbalance
in the live and neutral currents. A current overload, however large, cannot be
detected. It is a frequent cause of problems with novices to replace an MCB in a fuse
box with an RCD. This may be done in an attempt to increase shock protection. If a
live-neutral fault occurs (a short circuit, or an overload), the RCD wont trip, and may
be damaged. In practice, the main MCB for the premises will probably trip, or the
service fuse, so the situation is unlikely to lead to catastrophe; but it may be
inconvenient.
It is now possible to get an MCB and and RCD in a single unit, called an RCBO (see
below). Replacing an MCB with an RCBO of the same rating is generally safe.
Nuisance tripping of RCCB: Sudden changes in electrical load can cause a small,
brief current flow to earth, especially in old appliances. RCDs are very sensitive and
operate very quickly; they may well trip when the motor of an old freezer switches off.
Some equipment is notoriously `leaky, that is, generate a small, constant current flow
to earth. Some types of computer equipment, and large television sets, are widely
reported to cause problems.
RCD will not protect against a socket outlet being wired with its live and neutral
terminals the wrong way round.
RCD will not protect against the overheating that results when conductors are not
properly screwed into their terminals.
RCD will not protect against live-neutral shocks, because the current in the live
and neutral is balanced. So if you touch live and neutral conductors at the same time
(e.g., both terminals of a light fitting), you may still get a nasty shock.
ELCB (Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker)
Characteristics
Phase (line), Neutral and Earth wire connected through ELCB.
ELCB is working based on Earth leakage current.
Operating Time of ELCB:
The safest limit of Current which Human Body can withstand is 30ma sec.
Suppose Human Body Resistance is 500 and Voltage to ground is 230 Volt.
The Body current will be 500/230=460mA.
Hence ELCB must be operated in 30maSec/460mA = 0.65msec
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RCBO (ResidualCircuit Breaker with OverLoad)

It is possible to get a combined MCB and RCCB in one device (Residual Current
Breaker with Overload RCBO), the principals are the same, but more styles of
disconnection are fitted into one package
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Difference between ELCB and RCCB

ELCB is the old name and often refers to voltage operated devices that are no longer
available and it is advised you replace them if you find one.
RCCB or RCD is the new name that specifies current operated (hence the new name
to distinguish from voltage operated).
The new RCCB is best because it will detect any earth fault. The voltage type only
detects earth faults that flow back through the main earth wire so this is why they
stopped being used.
The easy way to tell an old voltage operated trip is to look for the main earth wire
connected through it.
RCCB will only have the line and neutral connections.
ELCB is working based on Earth leakage current. But RCCB is not having sensing or
connectivity of Earth, because fundamentally Phase current is equal to the neutral
current in single phase. Thats why RCCB can trip when the both currents are
deferent and it withstand up to both the currents are same. Both the neutral and
phase currents are different that means current is flowing through the Earth.
Finally both are working for same, but the thing is connectivity is difference.
RCD does not necessarily require an earth connection itself (it monitors only the live
and neutral).In addition it detects current flows to earth even in equipment without an
earth of its own.
This means that an RCD will continue to give shock protection in equipment that has
a faulty earth. It is these properties that have made the RCD more popular than its
rivals. For example, earth-leakage circuit breakers (ELCBs) were widely used about
ten years ago. These devices measured the voltage on the earth conductor; if this
voltage was not zero this indicated a current leakage to earth. The problem is that
ELCBs need a sound earth connection, as does the equipment it protects. As a
result, the use of ELCBs is no longer recommended.
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MCB Selection
The first characteristic is the overload which is intended to prevent the accidental
overloading of the cable in a no fault situation. The speed of the MCB tripping will
vary with the degree of the overload. This is usually achieved by the use of a thermal
device in the MCB.
The second characteristic is the magnetic fault protection, which is intended to operate
when the fault reaches a predetermined level and to trip the MCB within one tenth of
a second. The level of this magnetic trip gives the MCB its type characteristic as
follows:
Type
Tripping Current
Operating Time
Type B
3 To 5 time full load current
0.04 To 13 Sec
Type C 5 To 10 times full load current 0.04 To 5 Sec

Type D 10 To 20 times full load current 0.04 To 3 Sec
The third characteristic is the short circuit protection, which is intended to protect
against heavy faults maybe in thousands of amps caused by short circuit faults.
The capability of the MCB to operate under these conditions gives its short circuit
rating in Kilo amps (KA). In general for consumer units a 6KA fault level is adequate
whereas for industrial boards 10KA fault capabilities or above may be required.
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Fuse and MCB characteristics

Fuses and MCBs are rated in amps. The amp rating given on the fuse or MCB body
is the amount of current it will pass continuously. This is normally called the rated
current or nominal current.
Many people think that if the current exceeds the nominal current, the device will trip,
instantly. So if the rating is 30 amps, a current of 30.00001 amps will trip it, right?
This is not true.
The fuse and the MCB, even though their nominal currents are similar, have very
different properties.
For example, For 32Amp MCB and 30 Amp Fuse, to be sure of tripping in 0.1
seconds, the MCB requires a current of 128 amps, while the fuse requires 300 amps.
The fuse clearly requires more current to blow it in that time, but notice how much
bigger both these currents are than the 30 amps marked current rating.
There is a small likelihood that in the course of, say, a month, a 30-amp fuse will trip
when carrying 30 amps. If the fuse has had a couple of overloads before (which may
not even have been noticed) this is much more likely. This explains why fuses can
sometimes blow for no obvious reason
If the fuse is marked 30 amps, but it will actually stand 40 amps for over an hour,
how can we justify calling it a 30 amp fuse? The answer is that the overload
characteristics of fuses are designed to match the properties of modern cables. For
example, a modern PVC-insulated cable will stand a 50% overload for an hour, so it
seems reasonable that the fuse should as well.
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Jignesh Parmar
jiguparmar - Jignesh Parmar has completed M.Tech (Power System
Control) ,B.E(Electrical). He is member of Institution of Engineers
(MIE),India. Membership No:M-1473586.He has more than 13 years
experience in Transmission -Distribution-Electrical Energy theft
detection-Electrical Maintenance-Electrical Projects (Planning-Designing-Technical
Review-coordination -Execution). He is Presently associate with one of the leading
business group as a Deputy Manager at Ahmedabad,India. He has published numbers of
Technical Articles in "Electrical Mirror", "Electrical India", "Lighting India", "Industrial
Electrix"(Australian Power Publications) Magazines. He is Freelancer Programmer of
Advance Excel and design useful Excel base Electrical Programs as per IS, NEC,
IEC,IEEE codes. He is Technical Blogger and Familiar with English, Hindi, Gujarati,
French languages. He wants to Share his experience & Knowledge and help technical
enthusiasts to find suitable solutions and updating themselves on various Engineering
Topics.
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Thank you very much. This article is more helped to know type of circuit
breakers.
Sajana
MAR 09, 2016
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Dear Mr. Jignesh,
Bhavin
Patel
MAR 02, 2016
Excellent Efforts, I have following Suggestions for Improvements:
MCBs: Generally available upto 125A
MCCB: Picture shown is of MCB not MCCB
ACB: Available only upto 6300A,

Hope to update,
Thanks in advance,
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Qyiph Da
Silva
hiid like to asking for spesification.
how many ampere i should using the mcb for installation on elevator with
max weight 600kg???
and the motor is using 7.5 kw with max ampere is 28 A
FEB 03, 2016
please reply
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Good informnation
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LAXMIKAN
JAN 30, 2016
a 30-amp fuse will trip when carrying 30 amps. *will blown

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ASIM
JAN 24, 2016
thank you.. so much

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Marimuthu
JAN 22, 2016
JOE
JOSE
JAN 20, 2016
please explain the working of 3phase RCCB
The neutral current is zero in case of balanced 3phase load, then how
works RCCB
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What is the difference between Earth Leakage Relay and Earth Leakage
Circuit Breaker? Is it the operation? or maintenance wise?
Naim
JAN 18, 2016
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Nice and Useful information
Thanks
Vetri HSE
DEC 29, 2015
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Nice Information..Thank you

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Sachin
Kulkarni
DEC 19, 2015
Your calculation of the time an ELCB must trip is incorrect.
30maSec/460mA = 65msec
Chris
NOV 10, 2015
That is 65mS, not 0.65mS.

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Its uses where give details MCB rccb etc

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Raj
OCT 14, 2015
Dakshesh
Shah
OCT 09, 2015
I am in the business of water pump. I want to protect our submersible

water pumps up to1 HP, single phase. Can you advise what type of MCB,
RCB or RCBO should be used by us for protecting our submerisble pump
against short circuit in winding, overload. The full load current of our
equipment is 3.6 Amp. Please suggest proper product with minimum
space requirements.
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Bhavin
Patel
MAR 02, 2016
HI, Specific to Pump protenction MCB/RCCB/RCBO cant be used as it

has not been designed for that, You can choose MPCBs (Thermal
Magnetic Type) for Pump Protection which has adjustable overload
settings based on Pumps winding Class & initial starting Torque, We
also have to consider Reaction of product during fault, which has been
defined in Coordination (Type 1/Type 2/Total),
You can contact for further details if required,
Thanks in advance,
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Good job
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Guljinder
Singh
OCT 08, 2015
Greatmanif
OCT 06, 2015
Good Job,please I want to know if it will be possible for me to download

the materials and where I can do that,am using phone to check the
information.thanks.
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Appalling English explanation of how an RCCB (RCD) works.

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Roger
OCT 04, 2015
Very good information Sir

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Bharat
Bhandwalk
OCT 02, 2015
thancks alot sir

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Sandeep
Pandey
SEP 24, 2015
Shwetank
Dixit
SEP 11, 2015
Hi im Shwetank Dixit a student of volkswagen academy, Thanks for

sharing so explain about electrical our citizen or country has very need to
knowledge of hardware (electrical knowledge) as well as software also
please more and more and some advancelike MPCB (Motor
protection circuit breaker) and all that.
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Mohamed
Ismail.Sud
Im E&I engineer thanks a lot for all these beneficial and valuable
informations .
I have a question : in the AC circuits normally we use a protection fuse at

the line and the neutral directly wired ..why in DC circuit need to use 2
fuse for both (+) &(-) wires.
SEP 10, 2015
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Monty
Doctor
SEP 02, 2015
Dear Jigneshbhai,
I stay at Mangalore and I am a layman as far as Electricity is concerned,

earlier I was staying at Ahmedabad where the electricity was of good
quality. Your article was very informative.Here in Mangalore many times I
have noticed that after a power outage when the power returns, there is
current in the neutral line. It may be due to faulty re-connection by the
electricity linesman. At this time if any appliance is on, it gets fried, also
we get a shock on touching the appliance. Some of my appliances were
destroyed because of this. I would like to know if I can use Residual
circuit device(RCD) to prevent damage to appliances or will a 3 pin
adapter with fuse will help. Or is there any other device that can help
prevent damage to appliances when there is current in Neutral( as tested
with a screw driver tester). Power outage occurs here at least 3 times a
day!!
Thanks in advance.
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Pl.send detail ELCB

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Satish N
Takalkar
AUG 30, 2015
Sakthivel.k
OCT 29, 2015
ELCB (Earth leakage circuit breaker)it is working based on Earth

leakage current, The safest limit of Current which Human Body
EX:Many switch are connect in this ELCB circuit.any one switch to

earth fault on human body touch on the time working ELCB is
tripped.then totally off switch through to the ELCB circuit.this is ELCB
function.
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Thank you so much! Mr. Jignesh Parmar

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Zarni
AUG 28, 2015
Im real aprisiate that electrical is every thing.. No electrical nothing can go

on.
Sebastian
Ngowo
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AUG 26, 2015
MAHMOUD
AUG 21, 2015
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL WHO SHARE IN DEVELOPEMENT OF

THIS SITE HOPE TOO MUCH PROGRESS AND ALL OF THEIRE
DREAMS COME TRUE
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i love Electrical.
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E.Kalithas.D
AUG 21, 2015
very useful. Thanks for the information.

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David
AUG 12, 2015
thanks very much useful information

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Eng_ali_ab
AUG 07, 2015
But what about the earthing we use outside our home or commercial
place? If we use RCCB ,really there is no use of earthing?
Gaurav
Sahu
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AUG 04, 2015
Basically its all a load of old toast

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Jilly
Mcgoo
JUL 28, 2015
what is differential circuit breaker by 30ma. and what difference between

mcb also
DINESH
KUMAR
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JUL 23, 2015
Nice artical just want to ask I have completed B.E.Electrical. Should I do M

tech in power system ?
Amol
Shinde
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JUL 21, 2015
Well articulated explanations. Kudos

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Crown
JUL 20, 2015
Thank you for the information

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Artv
JUL 20, 2015
Nestor
Lim
JUL 16, 2015
Our system in my province is Multi Ground phase (live) and earth (

ground) without neutral. I recently purchased a Lighting panel in Australia
fully assembled with RCCDs ..how can I adapt this to be used in a multi
ground system where we have no established neutral? Please advise. I
was thinking of doing this with a transformer but still want a cheaper fix
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thanks
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SANDEEP
PANDEY
JUL 13, 2015
Thank u sir for giving me knowledge about MCB types.
Shailesh
Shete
Now I want information about power theft detection bcoz it is my final

year project.
Please share information with me on my email. Thank u.
AUG 08, 2015
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I am a Tanzanian man, electrical technician, thanks for your article

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Sadick
Ramadhan
JUL 08, 2015
Suhas
JUN 27, 2015
Dear Sir ,
I am working as maintenance Engineer ,
I have facing one problem our 4 pole RCCB incoming terminal are
frequently overheat or burn out . What are are the causes behind that ?
Please guide and What should I check ?

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Blitz
JUL 27, 2015
RCDs detect an imbalance in the live and neutral currents. A current

overload, however large, cannot be detected. It is a frequent cause of
problems with novices to replace an MCB in a fuse box with an RCD.
This may be done in an attempt to increase shock protection. If a liveneutral fault occurs (a short circuit, or an overload), the RCD wont trip,
and may be damaged. In practice, the main MCB for the premises will
probably trip, or the service fuse, so the situation is unlikely to lead to
catastrophe; but it may be inconvenient.
It is now possible to get an MCB and and RCD in a single unit, called
an RCBO (see below). Replacing an MCB with an RCBO of the same
rating is generally safe.

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ELCB trip in over load yes or no?

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Mujammil
Sidddique
JUN 19, 2015
We relay Appreciate with you and getting knowledge in our typical situation
thanks.
Ravi
Shankar
Tiwary
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JUN 18, 2015
Sir I have done 12class and it good site

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Krishan
Kumar
JUN 11, 2015
i am a second year ece engg student form NSIT

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Kashish
JUN 08, 2015
N.Eeswara
A clarification
Reference my comments and questions on May 18,2015, Please note

while using a Test Pen on a Phase wire causing a small current to flow
MAY 18, 2015
thru our body to Earth, resulting in a bulb glowing, a resistor is connected

in series to drop the Phase voltage, making it safe to touch. In case of an
appliance malfunction, where the Phase voltage is present on the casing,
touching it may cause an electric shock.
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N.Eeswara
MAY 18, 2015
The RCCB will operate and cut off supply to the load if there is an
unbalance (or difference) in the currents flowing thru the Phase (Line or
Live) wire and the Neutral wire. In the Malaysian system, all equipment
and utensils ( esp. those made of metal), the body or casing is connected
to an Earth wire, which originates from the Main Switch Board. In the
unlikely event of the Phase wire coming into contact with the body of the
appliance (e.g. a bread toaster), a leakage current will flow from the body
of the appliance to Earth, causing an unbalance in the RCCB and forcing
it to trip and isolate the load.
If an Earth wire system is not provided, the RCCB will trip only when a
human touches the appliance, causing a current to flow thru him to Earth
or Ground, resulting in an unbalance in the RCCB. An efficient RCCB
needs to be sensitive to about 30mA leakage current and operate fast
enough to avoid any hazard to the human.
Am I right? I believe this is not dangerous as when we use a Test Pen on

the Phase wire, a small current does flow thru our body to Earth causing
the lamp to light.
The doubt is whether the current thru our is the same in both instances.
Thank you and hoping for some clarification on this matter.

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Sir I have b.tech pasout in this year I want you help me increase my
Knowledge.i m very thankful
Salman
Khan
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MAY 12, 2015
JOSEPH
Thanks for the helpful information, please can you kindly help me with
information on how MCCB, MCB, RCCB, ACB, VCB etc. circuit breakers
are rated.
MAY 06, 2015
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Pretty good read

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MAY 06, 2015
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Kumar
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MAY 05, 2015
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Kumar
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MAY 05, 2015
Madhusuda
Nair
Dear sir,
A beautiful explanation to understand all thanks
awaiting a lot from you!!!!!

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APR 29, 2015
Very simply and aptly explained. Superb.

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Mohankum
APR 28, 2015
Hi. You have a typo under the ELCB comments. The Body current will be
500/230=460mA. Thats upside down, of course, its 230/500.
Paul
APR 27, 2015
Good post, by the way.

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Firoz
Ahmed
JUL 30, 2015
SURAJ
DAS
APR 12, 2015
Right Paul, you are correct, as per ohms law V=IR so I=(V/R) in A, i.e.
0.46A
I= 460mA
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Sir,
Thanks a lot for your topic.
May I ask you on how to connect MCB and RCCB in residential wiring?
Should L n N wires from Main Switch be put into RCCB and then to MCBs
? How to connect those for Inverter lines?
What is different between B, C, D grade in MCB and which one do you

recommend for rsidential purpose?For a 1.5 ton A.C. , what should be the
grade and amp. of the MCB?
Please, help me.

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Steve
You can use C type,,
Cheers
Steve
AUG 06, 2015
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Nice Article
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Karthik R
APR 06, 2015
perfect
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Neeraj
MAR 30, 2015
such kind of article ,generally not available,on site, it is very helpful.
thanks
Neeraj
MAR 30, 2015
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very good and helping topic.
thanks
Neeraj
MAR 30, 2015
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Dear Jignesh
I appreciate your valuable information.
Kamal Laha FIEAust CPEng LifeFIE(I)

Kamal
Laha
MAR 20, 2015
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Thank you sir for a very nice and useful artickle

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Lars
Jakobsson
Sweden
MAR 19, 2015
impressive site
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Dakalo
MAR 18, 2015
B P Soneji
My rccb damaged & electrician has made electricity connection directly

though mobs are there. Pl. advise me whether rccb is needed to install ?
If i do not install rccb, what R the consequenc ?
MAR 15, 2015
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Kailash
Menaria
MAR 14, 2015
dear sir i appreciate your answer and your nature
please give me suggestion. i completed diploma in electrical
now i want to become a expertise in electrical field please suggest me
what i have to do
thanks and regards
kailash menaria
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Sir why three point in battery terminal.

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Suranjit
MAR 14, 2015
sir, what is the connection and working difference of ELCB and RCCB.
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Vidyabhush
MAR 12, 2015
Thank you very much sir

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Rajaraman
MAR 12, 2015
Nice articlevery useful..

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Ankit Patel
MAR 11, 2015
good thinking..
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Swarup
Shil
MAR 11, 2015
Your picture of MCCB is not good ( it is a MCB) use a picture of NSX fron
Schneider electric or similar.
Waterlot
Frederic
MAR 10, 2015
Sankar TL
MAR 08, 2015
Best regards
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Thank u v.much Sir. Ive few doubts.. V r constructing a 2BHK house in

Chennai. Can i re-use a 4yr old (was working) 40A AUTO PHASE
CHANGER? I also have 25A Rotary phase changers (say RPC) in a box,
and in same DB box, 12 LeGrand MCBs (2x c20,4x c16, 2x c10, 4x c6) r
there.
Shall i connect 3 parts/places(AC1, AC2, & Kitchen) to these RPCs via

63A RCCB in DB & again take back to DB & connect with MCBs?!! So
that i can connect confidently all remaining divisions with AUTO-PHASE
CHANGER.
Also ill be glad if i get a chance to talk with you rgdg it. Am not
comfortable in txting
Thank u
Sankar TL: 8015666550

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I like electrical
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Anil Samal
MAR 07, 2015
Nice information..
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Sekhar
MAR 06, 2015
thank you bro for this information

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Ibrahim
FEB 20, 2015
Thank you sir for your complement. I will need more encouragement as a
beginner.
Ayorinde
Fajobi
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FEB 17, 2015
dear Sir
appreciate your support to inform me what the reason for current leakage
Mohamed
FEB 14, 2015
we installed RCCB 300 mA at our site GEDP (contain-Air condition CB and

light-socket-emergency light-rectifier etc.
but RCCB down many times
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Thank you sir

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Alli Shaikh
FEB 11, 2015
Thank you sir,
For this information

Surendra
R.
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FEB 10, 2015
Dear jignesh,
Ashok
Vastrad
FEB 09, 2015
We are using Mcb but in recently my oven blown due to over current even
my oven switch was in off condition my advise me what typeople of
protection device I should install, now a days hpl is advertising for over
load current tripping mccb. Pl advise
ashok vastrad
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Aaron
Charles
Smith
Finally a clear understanding of rcd / rcbo, totally transfixed by your clear

explanation and I want to learn more. Ive been an electrician for 8 years
and never bore of the devices we trust and how they work in a changing
industry.
FEB 01, 2015
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Jay
JAN 27, 2015
dear sir
please give me information about shock guard
i want to make it at home
so please give me suggestion with diagram

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Hi ,Thank you for your valuable information

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Siva
Ganesh
JAN 25, 2015
Gandhi.r
JAN 25, 2015
sir can you give the idea for this one,
due to some return current r short ckt or leakage current is or high voltage
is accrued we r using mcb but all the device get damaged.
what kind of protective devices we can used to over come the problem
and how to control the over voltage isues

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This is very much useful for me.

Thanks & Regards
Abir
Mahapatra
JAN 23, 2015
(reply)
Hi Jig, Thank u for the information..Recently i was attacked by electric

shock and this time i felt the current flow entire body
Selvan
JAN 19, 2015
JOBIN
VIJAYAN
JAN 14, 2015
(reply)
Sir,
I read these article about circuit breakers.I can acuuired many knowledge
about that.Thank you for the valuable Informations.
thanks & regards
JOBIN
PH: 08281124775
(reply)
Very usefull
(reply)
Mukesh
Singh
JAN 04, 2015
Muhammad
Tahir
Dear Sir,
By reading your article today I understood all kinds of breakers and their
difference. Thanks for your article. Allah bless you.
(reply)
JAN 03, 2015
Really useful sir, helps me in procurement

(reply)
Prasanth
JAN 02, 2015
very useful and unlike knlowdge

(reply)
Abhimanyu
JAN 02, 2015
Ankur
DEC 26, 2014
hi,
Thanks for the practical information you have shared, especially the
difference between all the circuit breakers. now i got to understand the
major difference between different kind of circuit breakers.
thanks again .
(reply)
Sir very useful at my sites

(reply)
R
.Padmana
DEC 24, 2014
Sir I got More information.In ELCB calculation is 230/500=460MA

(reply)
DHINESH
DEC 22, 2014
I learn lot from EEP .

(reply)
A.Mohamed
Bilal
DEC 13, 2014
how can!t i minimize the humming of circuit breaker

(reply)
Jerry
Quindara
DEC 13, 2014
Im electrical
engineer
Prasad
Rupe
(reply)
DEC 11, 2014
Very useful for practical tips & latest information

(reply)
James J
Pullat
DEC 10, 2014
i like the way you teach can you help me in adding my electrical am
electrical craftman
Samuel
Kamau
(reply)
DEC 03, 2014
VIKASH
KUMAR
Its very useful. Though i am mechanical engineer but i can understand the
function of the devices easily you describe.
Heartily thanks Sir.
NOV 25, 2014
(reply)
D.R.Rajess
Kumar
dear ji,
Could you explain me how to calculate the RCD rating in mA as my client

is asking me to install 3P 150A Mccb with 300mA rating. I couldnt find the
list in the specification catalogue.
NOV 22, 2014
(reply)
Nice,
I read it at a very timely instant, when I was installing MCB. Thanks a ton
Suhas
NOV 20, 2014
Suhas
(reply)
good
(reply)
Deepak
NOV 13, 2014
Thank you.
(reply)
Sujoy
Basak
NOV 12, 2014
Its nice.
(reply)
Cam
Cheema
NOV 12, 2014
Cam
Cheema
NOV 12, 2014
please make correct the spelling of might in characteristics of

RCD/RCCB.
its not mite, its might.

(reply)
What is the means rccb mcb mccb elcb rcco

(reply)
Parmjit
Singh
NOV 14, 2015
Nice but increase the amount of pictures and try to explain by diagrams
(reply)
Prateek
OCT 30, 2014
Some how its helpful bt there is not enough discriptionfor elcb.

(reply)
Bhawani
Khanal
OCT 23, 2014
Thanks a lot for this information which is useful for safe precaution in
projects ..Sinopec HSE Safety Eng
Hadi
OCT 19, 2014
Ganesh
OCT 18, 2014
(reply)
Its really useful, but I am having small dout we using overhead crane in
that we frequently facing drive failure. Below the hook welding work
carried one also suggested the same ie due to welding operation Only
these failure happened,any other cause????????
(reply)
Subrata
Mukherjee
Hello,
Our main is connected through RCCB ,when i Tested the Earth with a
bulb ,by connecting Neutral with Phase our RCCB tripped,but no problem
with other devices.Is it ok?or something wrong with connection.
OCT 17, 2014
(reply)
its really useful article to me . thank you so much

(reply)
Nawas
OCT 14, 2014
Nice and simple- way to go !!!

(reply)
Domo
Kamduk
OCT 09, 2014
Nice job and well done

(reply)
Beca
Junior
SEP 25, 2014
Its great thankss

(reply)
Sumit
Naudiyal
SEP 13, 2014
thanks a lot Mr. PARMAR

(reply)
Avidesh
AUG 31, 2014
Vijay
Sir, im working in govt org. I have one problem. Our generator is turning
off while running condition cause of unbalance load. Some people who
using this load, they use water heater. We put the MCB 6 amp.in those
Wagh
AUG 28, 2014
circuit to reduse extra load. When 8-9 amp current flow throuw the mcb, it
is not tripping. MCB condition is OK. Pls reply me.
(reply)
please send me drawing of motor on/off every 5 minutes

(reply)
Raj Patel
AUG 25, 2014
I want a device which help in light cut between 160:260 voltageand shock
proof suply
Sandeep
AUG 10, 2014
V.T.Appusw
AUG 09, 2014
Shital
AUG 08, 2014
(reply)
Complicated things made simple. You are making things easy for any engg
studets /engineers to understand easily. Very nice.Easily digestable.Many
a thanks. Regards Appu
(reply)
it is very good ,useful and easily understandable information .
thanks for that .
i have question ,
which is modern medium used in circuit breaker for arc extinction ?

(reply)
VERY USEFUL DEFINITIONS AND EASILY UNSTANDABLE.
(reply)
K.ramalinga
AUG 02, 2014
Dear Sir,
Please explain me to how to select Barker for 20 KW load.

Dileep
JUL 27, 2014
Rahul
Negi
JUN 21, 2014
(reply)
hello sir.
i our house there are new electronic meters installed, is there anyway i
can reduse the speed of meter reading without tempering it..
(reply)
in India we get A type MCB, whereas in all websites only 3 type B C D

types are discussed.
Solomon
JUN 14, 2014
How come A type is not discussed

I will be thankful if the same is clarified
(reply)
DSP
JUN 10, 2014
dear sir,
you said that
For example, For 32Amp MCB and 30 Amp Fuse, to be sure of tripping in
0.1 seconds, the MCB requires a current of 128 amps, while the fuse
requires 300 amps.
can you justify this statement ?

(reply)
Hi thanks for the information provided for.

(reply)
Rajesh
APR 17, 2014
Meter
Manager
APR 18, 2014
hi Jignesh I was following through ur various posts on meter bypass. I

have a scenario on which I would like ur valuable expert comments. I
live in a multi storied government quarter. I would like to know how to
bypass the single phase electronic meter. It is giving me sleepless
nights. Presently both the live and the neutral from the meter goes to a
MCCB which then terminates in our flats DP.One option I am
considering is like using 2 wires from one live phase from main
connection. One goes through the meter and other directly to the
house. Since distance from the meter to our house is considerable I
cannot discreetly lay a new line to the flat I plan to disconnect the
neutral in the MCCB and connect the unmetered live wire to the neutral
port of the MCCB. In this way 2 wires both having the same phase
would be coming to my flat from a single MCCB. We have 2 separate
earth connections to the flat. For neutral I plan to use the earth wire.
The second earth will be used for the three pin connections so that they
are secured. The metered live phase could be used for some very low
load to ensure meter running for atleast the minimum units. The
unmetered phase will be used for rest of the loads. My query is
1) Will the MCCB allow 2 live connections through it (both would of
same phase so no 440 volts chance)?
2) Can I install a MCB with the earth which I would using as neutral. IF
so, of how much rating.
3) What safety precautions should I take for preventing electrical

shocks and equipment safety.
Pse reply fast.

With regards.
(reply)
@Meter Manager
answers to your query:
Dusan
AUG 07, 2014
1) dont even try to do that. you cant connect 2 feeder cables to one
MCCB. one of the resons is electric shock at the start point of cable
although its feeding circuit breaker is disconnected. but, you can
connect 2 cables from MCCB and supply 2 or more consumers.
2) you cant do that neither. if there is a RCD it will trip in that case,
and earth conducter must not carry current in normal regime, only in
case of fault.
3) use appropriate protection (MCB, MCCB, RCD, RCBO, etc), cable
sizing to match equipment needs, and use of appropriate IP rating for
environment where equipment is installed.
(reply)
Very good information & to the point.

(reply)
Manoj
Khadilkar
MAR 30, 2014
Good information. Great work Jignesh.

(reply)
Mahesh
Chauhan
MAR 26, 2014
Shyam
Dear sir,
i have doubt how does mcb trips. Is there any mechanisam is there in
mcb to trip for certain rating plz reply me sir
MAR 22, 2014
(reply)
Sir,
Deshmukh
APR 20, 2014
this is good information but i want 3 phase submersible pumps

ELCB/RCD Installation at agricultural basic so you sugges me in this
both devices which is safe. Sugges me which capacity e.g 25a,63a for
3phase agricultural submersible pump.
(reply)
Dusan
every pump should have its own protection (RCD, RCBO, MCCB,
ELCB, etc) and nominal current should be choosen on basis of
pumps power consumption and power factor.
AUG 07, 2014
(reply)
ISHAQ
MAR 16, 2014
1.I think this information is not correct. Because there do exist MCCB of
1,2,4,6,10,16,20,25,32,40,50,63 amperes of Schneider and even
ABB..
2. The figure which is shown(for MCCB) does not resemble to that of

MCCB seems to be of MCB as per its looks.
3.Please follow the below links and correct me if I am wrong:
http://www.neweysonline.co.uk/neweys/pdf/Schneider_Electric_C60H_MCBs_T
http://www05.abb.com/global/scot/scot260.nsf/veritydisplay/530053f28668824f
(reply)
Excellent
(reply)
Mahesh
Deshmukh
MAR 02, 2014
This is nice!thank u 4 dis!

(reply)
Tayo
FEB 28, 2014
want to know more abouy energy ditribution,d-regulation etc

(reply)
Priya
FEB 27, 2014
I want to know LV design for building

(reply)
Thar Lin
FEB 21, 2014
Engineer .not near engine

(reply)
Thar Lin
FEB 21, 2014
good
(reply)
Shiv
FEB 14, 2014
me want to know dat how to calculate the energy meter constantwith

exampleand hw to know dat multifly of mf
Prabhu R
JAN 27, 2014
(reply)
Thank you
(reply)
Safi Ali
JAN 11, 2014
hi, sir i m working as a TFO in bank . require EE information.

(reply)
Vidhnesh
DEC 31, 2013
thank you
(reply)
Hemaanan
DEC 24, 2013
This is really helpful. Thanx a lot.

(reply)
ASWIN
KUMAR
DEC 23, 2013
Very helpful..simple to understand..thanks..

(reply)
Kevin
Rajan
DEC 22, 2013
Very helpful..simple to understand..

(reply)
Kevin
Rajan
DEC 22, 2013
thank u for providing knowledge

(reply)
Simanchal
Panigrahi
DEC 16, 2013
Brief, precise and superb information.

(reply)
ASH
DEC 16, 2013
thanks for giving super information

(reply)
Devaprasad
OCT 21, 2013
Nice
(reply)
Kishor
Parsond
OCT 17, 2013
Assemblies
Of
Switchgea
And
Control
Panels
(Part 1) |
EEP
[] ancillaries will be given. Major componentsLow voltage switchgear

assembliesThe main components are:Molded case (MCB) or power (air
magnetic) circuit breakers (drawout or fixed) complete with or without
integral []
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SEP 17, 2013
thanks a lot
(reply)
HUN
AUG 18, 2013
Akhilesh
thank you sir especially for the RCBO and the difference between ELCB
and RCCB.
hopefully it is more then sufficient for my orals.
MAY 13, 2013
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Circuit
Breaker
Constructio
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Neutral
Impacts In
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AUG 27, 2012
Definitions
From The
Standard
UL 489
(MCCB) |
EEP
JUL 12, 2012
Donalex
JUN 02, 2012
[] ABB Molded Case Circuit Breakers, TMAX Series by GALCO The

requirements of this standard cover molded-case circuit breakers (MCCB),
circuit breaker and ground-fault circuit-interrupters, fused circuit breakers,
and accessory []
(reply)
IMHO
ELCB as above; under Operating Time the left side of the equation for
Body Current is upside down and gives an answer of 2.17 amps and not
460 mA as stated.
IIRC Ohms Law!

(reply)
Thanks a lot
(reply)
Sourav
DEC 03, 2011
Thanks a lot, but I think that you should include the earthing systems
Ibrahim
Seder
NOV 07, 2011
Working
Principle
Of Earth
Leakage
Circuit
Breaker
(ELCB)
And
Residual
Current
Device
(RCD) |
EEP
which affect some products above.
BR
(reply)
[] Schneider Electric RCBO Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker (ELCB)An

Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker (ELCB) is a device used to directly detect
currents leaking to earth from an []
(reply)
NOV 07, 2011
Sridhar
NOV 03, 2011
I liked all the topics listed above, based on my experience and usage of
some of these equippments, i relaised that with ELCB, the current flow is
better/optimistic in one direction and most preferrable for domestic
applications. thanks for the article.
sridhar
(reply)
Tjhanks a millioni just cant tell u how much i needed disthanks a

million.
Abhay
OCT 25, 2011
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Dear Mr. Jignesh,

Excellent Efforts, I have following Suggestions for Improvements:

MCBs: Generally available upto 125A

MCCB: Picture shown is of MCB not MCCB

ACB: Available only upto 6300A,

hiid like to asking for spesification.

and the motor is using 7.5 kw with max ampere is 28 A

FEB 03, 2016

a 30-amp fuse will trip when carrying 30 amps. *will blown

thank you.. so much

please explain the working of 3phase RCCB

Nice and Useful information

Nice Information..Thank you

Your calculation of the time an ELCB must trip is incorrect.

That is 65mS, not 0.65mS.

Its uses where give details MCB rccb etc

I am in the business of water pump. I want to protect our submersible

HI, Specific to Pump protenction MCB/RCCB/RCBO cant be used as it

You can contact for further details if required,

Good Job,please I want to know if it will be possible for me to download

Appalling English explanation of how an RCCB (RCD) works.

Very good information Sir

thancks alot sir

Hi im Shwetank Dixit a student of volkswagen academy, Thanks for

I have a question : in the AC circuits normally we use a protection fuse at

SEP 10, 2015

I stay at Mangalore and I am a layman as far as Electricity is concerned,

Pl.send detail ELCB

ELCB (Earth leakage circuit breaker)it is working based on Earth

EX:Many switch are connect in this ELCB circuit.any one switch to

Thank you so much! Mr. Jignesh Parmar

Im real aprisiate that electrical is every thing.. No electrical nothing can go

AUG 26, 2015