From traditional fuses to eFuses, understanding the advantages, limitations, and use cases of each technology helps engineers ...

The usual way of preventing a small motor from drawing too much current is to install overcurrent protection in the form of a circuit breaker or some other kind of limiter. But installations that ...

Protecting an electronic circuit from damage due to excessive current or heat is the primary function of many circuit protection technologies. In the past, this protection took the form of a fuse or ...

TE Circuit Protection added an overcurrent protection device designed for motors, the RUEF300U. This device has a maximum operating voltage and current of 30 V and 100 A, respectively.TE Circuit ...

Undersize your overcurrent protective device (OCPD), and normal operations might become impossible. Oversize your OCPD, and the whole place might burn down. It helps that, for a given circuit, ...

Part VI of Art. 430 contains modifications of the general requirements and applies to particular conditions of motor control circuits. Motor control circuit conductors (larger than 10 AWG) that extend ...

Tyco Electronics announced the introduction of a Metal Hybrid PPTC (MHP) technology useful for high-rate-discharge battery applications at ratings above 30VDC/30A such as cordless power tools, e-bikes ...

TYCO ELECTRONICS announced the introduction of a Metal Hybrid PPTC (MHP) technology useful for high-rate-discharge battery applications at ratings above 30VDC/30A such as cordless power tools, e-bikes ...