Edoc 006467
Edoc 006467
Edoc 006467
1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 80000 90000 100000 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 9 8 7 6 5 8000 9000 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 800 900 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
100E
125E
13E 15E
300
200
100 90 80 70 60 50 40
30
20
10 9 8 7 6 5
TIME IN SECONDS
10E
20E
25E
30E
40E
50E
65E
80E
5E
7E
TIME IN SECONDS
1 .9 .8 .7 .6 .5 .4
1 .9 .8 .7 .6 .5 .4
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.3
.2
.2
.03
.03
.02
.02
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.01
CURRENT IN AMPERES
COORDINATIONThese curves represent the total time required for a fuse unit to melt and interrupt a fault current, and should be followed in coordination problems where fuses are applied as protecting devices.
Any preloading reduces melting time. With respect to the protected fuse, the effect of preloading must be determined and adjustments made to its minimum melting curve: 1. When close coordination is required; 2. When, regardless of the preciseness of coordination, the protected fuse is subjected to temporary overloads. There are cases where the coordination requirements may be very exacting, for example, in coordinating a transformer primary fuse with a secondary breaker and a source-side breaker. The time interval between the operating characteristics of the two breakers may be very narrow. Under these circumstances there must be an extremely short time interval between the minimum melting and the total clearing characteristics of the fuse. The fuse units represented by these curves possess this short time interval feature, sincehaving a nondamageable fusible element of precise constructionthey require: 1. As little as 10% total tolerance in melting currentcompared to the 20% tolerance of many fuses (20% and 40% respectively in terms of time). 2. No safety-zone or setback allowances. This narrow time band normally will provide the desired coordination. If the selected S&C Standard Speed fuse unit does not meet the coordination requirements, the selection of another ampere
rating for either the protecting or protected fuse usually will satisfy. Do not assume that other fuses that do not employ S&Cs silver, helically coiled fusible element construction can better resolve a coordination impasse than the use of another ampere rating in one of the S&C speed options. Such other fuses, including time-lag speeds, super-slow speeds, and high-surge speeds, require the use of safety-zone or setback allowances and, in addition, they have larger construction tolerances (plus 20% in current; plus 40% in terms of time). The application of these two factors will give a time interval between the adjusted minimum melting curve and the total clearing curve greater than in the case of S&C speed options.
FUSE UNITS AVAILABLE Type Kv Nom. Ratings Ampere Ratings SMU-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 . . . . . . . . . . .5E through 200E
c1988
TCC NUMBER
153-2-2
Page 1 of 1 August 29, 1988