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limited thermal stress

thermal stress
limitation 5
A2s
5s
63A
10ms
50A
C60a, N, H, L B curve 10 7
5
40A
32A
240/415 V 20A
25A

16 A
10 6 6
c Ue: 5 10A
5
v 240 V with 1P 4
v 415 V with 2, 3, 4P 6A 2
3 50-63A
32-40A
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 10 5 4A
1 20-25A
5
mark: 3A
10-16A
v 1: C60a 2A
6A
v 2: C60N 10 4
v 3: C60H 5 1A 4A
v 4: C60L (50-63 A) 0,75 A 3A
v 5: C60L (32-40 A) 0,5 A 2A
10 3
v 6: C60L (0.5-25 A) 5
1A

0,75 A

10 2

5
0,5 A

10 1
5

10 0
5

10 -1
5

10-2
5 100 5 101 5 102 5 103 5 104 5 105 5

A eff
prospective short-circuit current

limited thermal stress

thermal stress
limitation 5
A2s
5s
63A
10ms
50A
C60a, N, H, L B curve 10 7
5
40A
32A
440 V 20A
25A
6
16 A 4 5
10 6
c Ue: 5 10A 3
v 440 V with 2, 3, 4P 2 50-63A
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 6A
32-40A
20-25A
mark: 10 5 4A

v 1: C60a 5 3A 10-16A
v 2: C60N 2A 6A

v 3: C60H 10 4 4A
v 4: C60L (50-63 A) 5 1A 3A
v 5: C60L (32-40 A) 0,75 A
2A
v 6: C60L (0.5-25 A) 0,5 A
10 3 1A
5
0,75 A

10 2
5
0,5 A

10 1 1
5

10 0
5

10 -1
5

10-2
5 100 5 101 5 102 5 103 5 104 5 105 5

A eff
prospective short-circuit current

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current limitation curves

limited thermal stress

thermal stress
limitation 5
A2s
5s
63A
10ms
50A
C60a, N, H, L C curve 10 7
5
40A
32A
240/415 V 20A
25A

16 A
10 6 6
c Ue: 5 10A
5
v 240 V with 1P 4
v 415 V with 2, 3, 4P 6A 2
3 50-63A
32-40A
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 10 5 4A
1 20-25A
5
mark: 3A
10-16A
v 1: C60a 2A
6A
v 2: C60N 10 4
v 3: C60H 5 1A 4A
v 4: C60L (50-63 A) 0,75 A 3A
v 5: C60L (32-40 A) 0,5 A 2A
10 3
v 6: C60L (0.5-25 A) 5
1A

0,75 A

10 2

5
0,5 A

10 1
5

10 0
5

10 -1
5

10-2
5 100 5 101 5 102 5 103 5 104 5 105 5

A eff
prospective short-circuit current

limited thermal stress

thermal stress
limitation 5
A2s
5s
63A
10ms
50A
C60a, N, H, L C curve 10 7
5
40A
32A
440 V 20A
25A
6
16 A 4 5
10 6
c Ue: 5 10A 3
v 440 V with 2, 3, 4P 2 50-63A
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 6A
32-40A
20-25A
mark: 10 5 4A

v 1: C60a 5 3A 10-16A
v 2: C60N 2A 6A

v 3: C60H 10 4 4A
v 4: C60L (50-63 A) 5 1A 3A
v 5: C60L (32-40 A) 0,75 A
2A
v 6: C60L (0.5-25 A) 0,5 A
10 3 1A
5
0,75 A

10 2
5
0,5 A

10 1 1
5

10 0
5

10 -1
5

10-2
5 100 5 101 5 102 5 103 5 104 5 105 5

A eff
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limited thermal stress

thermal stress
limitation 5
A2s
5s
63A
10ms
C60a, N, H, L D/K curves 10 7
50A
40A

240/415 V 5 32A
25A
20A

c Ue: 10 6 16 A
6
v 240 V with 1P 5 10A
5
4
v 415 V with 2, 3, 4P 3 50-63A
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 4A
6A 2 32-40A
10 5 1 20-25A
mark: 5 3A
v 1: C60a 10-16A
2A
v 2: C60N 6A
v 3: C60H 10 4
1A 4A
v 4: C60L (50-63 A) 5
3A
v 5: C60L (32-40 A) 0,75 A
2A
v 6: C60L (0.5-25 A) 10 3
0,5 A
1A
5
0,75 A

10 2
5
0,5 A

10 1
5

10 0
5

10 -1
5

10-2
5 100 5 101 5 102 5 103 5 104 5 105 5

A eff
prospective short-circuit current

limited thermal stress

thermal stress
limitation 5
A2s
5s
63A
C60a, N, H, L D/K curves 10 7
50A
40A
10ms

440 V 5 32A
25A
20A 6
c Ue: 10 6 16 A 4 5
v 440 V with 2, 3, 4P 5 10A 3
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 2 50-63A
32-40A
mark: 4A
6A 20-25A
10 5
v 1: C60a 5 3A 10-16A
v 2: C60N 6A
2A
v 3: C60H
v 4: C60L (50-63 A) 10 4 4A
v 5: C60L (32-40 A) 5 1A 3A
v 6: C60L (0.5-25 A) 0,75 A
2A
0,5 A
10 3 1A
5
0,75 A

10 2
5
0,5 A

10 1 1
5

10 0
5

10 -1
5

10-2
5 100 5 101 5 102 5 103 5 104 5 105 5

A eff
prospective short-circuit current

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peak current
limitation kÂ
cos phi = 0.3

C60a, N, H, L 20

240 V 15
= 0.5
c Ue:
v 240 V with 2, 3, 4P 6
5 ≤ 63A
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 10 4 ≤ 40A
mark: 9 ≤ 25A
3
v 1: C60a-K60a 8 = 0.7
v 2: C60N ICP
7 ≤ 10A
v 3: C60N-K60N-C60B
2
v 4: C60H-K60H-C60HD 6 = 0.8
v 5: C60L (32-40 A) 1 ≤ 6A
v 6: C60L (1-25 A) 5

= 0.9
3

2
= 0.95

1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 20 30 40 50
kA eff

prospective short-circuit current

limited peak current

peak current
limitation kÂ
cos phi = 0.3

C60a, N, H, L, LMA 20

240/415 V
15
= 0.5
c Ue:
v 240 V with 1P 8
v 415 V with 2, 3, 4P 10 7 6
v 415 V C60LMA with 2, 3P 4 5 ≤ 63A
9
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 3 ≤ 40A
8 = 0.7
mark: ≤ 25A
v 1: C60a-K60a 7
v 2: C60N ICP 6 = 0.8
v 3: C60N-K60N-C60B ≤ 10A
2
v 4: C60H-K60H-C60HD 5
1 ≤ 6A
v 4: C60L (50-63 A)
v 5: C60L (32-40 A) 4
v 6: C60L (1-25 A)
v 7: C60LMA (40 A) = 0.9
v 8: C60LMA (16-25 A) 3

2
= 0.95

1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 30
kA eff

prospective short-circuit current

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peak current
limitation kÂ
cos phi = 0.3

C60a, N, H, L 20

440 V 15
= 0.5
6
c Ue: 5
v 440 V with 2, 3, 4P 4 ≤ 63A
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 10 3
mark: 9 ≤ 40A
v 1: C60a 8 = 0.7 ≤ 25A
v 2: C60N 2
v 3: C60H 7
v 4: C60L (50 and 63 A) 6 = 0.8 ≤ 10A
v 5: C60L (32 and 40 A)
v 6: C60L (1 from 25 A) 5
≤ 6A
4

= 0.9
3

2
= 0.95

1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 30
kA eff

prospective short-circuit current

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limited thermal stress

thermal stress
limitation A2s
10 8 5s
125A
5
100A
C120N, H C curve 63A
80A 10ms

240 V 10 7 50A
40A
5 32A
c Ue: 25A
v 240 V with 2, 3, 4P
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 20A
mark: 10 6 16A
v 1: C120N 5 10A
2
v 2: C120H
1 125A
100A
80A
10 5 63A
50A
5 40A
32A
25A
20A
16A
10A
10 4
5

10 3
5

10 2
5

10 1
5 101 5 102 5 103 5 104 5 105 5

A eff
prospective short-circuit current

limited thermal stress

thermal stress
limitation A2s
10 8 5s
125A
5
100A
C120N, H C curve 63A
80A 10ms

240/415 V 10 7 50A
40A
5 32A
c Ue: 25A
v 240 V with 1P
v 415 V with 2, 3, 4P 20A
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 10 6 16A
mark: 5 10A
v 1: C120N 2 125A
v 2: C120H 1 100A
80A
10 5 63A
50A
5 40A
32A
25A
20A
16A
10A
10 4
5

10 3
5

10 2
5

10 1
5 101 5 102 5 103 5 104 5 105 5

A eff
prospective short-circuit current

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limited peak current

peak current
limitation kÂ
cos phi = 0.3

C120N, H 20

240 V 15
= 0.5
c Ue: 2
v 240 V with 2, 3, 4P 1
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 10
mark: 9
v 1: C120N 8 = 0.7
9
v 2: C120H
v 5: 10-16 A 7 8

v 6: 20-25 A 6 = 0.8
7
v 7: 32-40 A
v 8: 50-63 A 5
v 9: 80-100-125 A 6
4 5

= 0.9
3

2
= 0.95

1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 30
kA eff
prospective short-circuit current

limited peak current

peak current
limitation kÂ
cos phi = 0.3

C120N, H 20

240/415 V 15
= 0.5
c Ue:
v 240 V with 1P 2
v 415 V with 2, 3, 4P 10
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 1
9 9
mark: 8 = 0.7
v 1: C120N 8

v 2: C120H 7 7

v 5: 10-16 A 6 = 0.8
6
v 6: 20-25 A
v 7: 32-40 A 5 5

v 8: 50-63 A
v 9: 80-100-125 A 4

= 0.9
3

2
= 0.95

1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 30
kA eff

prospective short-circuit current

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limited thermal stress

thermal stress
limitation A 2s

10 8 5s
125A
5
NG125a, N, H, L C curve 100A
80A 10ms
63A
240 V 50A
10 7
40A
c Ue: 5 32A
4
v 240 V with 2, 3, 4P 25A
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 20A 3
mark: 10 6 16A
v 1: NG125a 80-100-125 A 2
5 10A
v 2: NG125N 125A

v 3: NG125H 1 100A
80A
v 4: NG125L 63A
50A
10 5 40A
32A
25A
5 20A
16A
10A

10 4
5

10 3
5

10 2
5

10 1
5 10 1 5 10 2 5 10 3 5 10 4 5 10 5 5
A eff
prospective short-circuit current

limited thermal stress

thermal stress
limitation A 2s

10 8 125A 5s
5
NG125a, N, H, L C curve 100A
80A 10ms
63A
240/415 V 50A
10 7 40A
c Ue: 5 32A
4
v 240 V with 1P 25A
v 415 V with 2, 3, 4P 20A
c circuit-breaker type in accordance with the 3
10 6 16A
mark:
5 10A 1 2
v 1: NG125a 80-100-125 A
125A
v 2: NG125N 100A
v 3: NG125H 80A
63A
v 4: NG125L 10 5 50A
40A
5 32A
25A
20A
16A
10A

10 4
5

10 3
5

10 2
5

10 1
5 10 1 5 10 2 5 10 3 5 10 4 5 10 5 5
A eff
prospective short-circuit current

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limited peak current

peak current kÂ
limitation cos phi = 0.3

20
NG125a, N, H, L
240 V 15
4
= 0.5
3
c Ue: 2
v 240 V with 2, 3, 4P 1
c legend: 10 9
v 1: NG125a 9
= 0.7
v 2: NG125N 8 8
v 3: NG125H 7 7
v 4: NG125L 6
v 5: 10-16 A 6 = 0.8

v 6: 20-25 A 5
5
v 7: 32-40 A
v 8: 50-63 A 4
v 9: 80-100-125 A
= 0.9

2
= 0.95

1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 100
prospective short-circuit current kA eff

limited peak current

peak current kÂ
limitation
cos phi = 0.3

20
NG125a, N, H, L 4
3
240/415 V 15 2
= 0.5
c Ue:
v 240 V with 1P 1
v 415 V with 2, 3, 4P 10 9
8
c legend: 9 7
v 1: NG125a 8 = 0.7
6
v 2: NG125N 7 5
v 3: NG125H
v 4: NG125L 6 = 0.8

v 5: 10-16 A 5
v 6: 20-25 A
v 7: 32-40 A 4
v 8: 50-63 A
v 9: 80-100-125 A
= 0.9
3

2 = 0.95

1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 100
prospective short-circuit current kA eff

additional
information

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