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Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
- Jan 1, 1970
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Does the main breaker you use in the other side of the pond have
thermal/electromagnetic elements?That is, does it trip during an overload or
a short circuit?Here, according to internal electrical installation code, we
install a simple switch-only a pair of contacts in it-as a main breaker, and
the main fuse HAS to be blow type.For hot water heaters, and electric
cookers, you have to use a double-pole breaker in series with a thermally
and elmagnetically protected single pole breaker.It needs to cut the neutral
also, because when the heating element is corroded enough for current to
leak, even if the hot is cut off by a single pole breaker, a small current
will leak to earth, enough to trip the GFCI breaker.The same happens if you
accidentaly touch the neutral downstream the GFCI breaker.
thermal/electromagnetic elements?That is, does it trip during an overload or
a short circuit?Here, according to internal electrical installation code, we
install a simple switch-only a pair of contacts in it-as a main breaker, and
the main fuse HAS to be blow type.For hot water heaters, and electric
cookers, you have to use a double-pole breaker in series with a thermally
and elmagnetically protected single pole breaker.It needs to cut the neutral
also, because when the heating element is corroded enough for current to
leak, even if the hot is cut off by a single pole breaker, a small current
will leak to earth, enough to trip the GFCI breaker.The same happens if you
accidentaly touch the neutral downstream the GFCI breaker.
