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2. Distribution board - Wikipedia

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   A distribution board (also known as panelboard, circuit breaker panel, breaker panel, electric panel, fuse box or DB box) is a component of an electricity supply system that divides an electrical power feed into subsidiary circuits while providing a protective fuse or circuit breaker for each circuit in a common enclosure.

3. Hughes Airwest Flight 706 - Wikipedia

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   Hughes Airwest Flight 706 The wreckage of Hughes Airwest Flight 706 at its crash site Accident Date June 6, 1971 (1971-06-06) 18:11 (6:11 PM) PDT Summary Mid-air collision Site San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, United States Total fatalities 50 Total survivors 1 First aircraft N9345, the Hughes Airwest DC-9-31 involved in the collision Type McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 ...

4. Circuit total limitation - Wikipedia

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   The 1965 edition of the NEC, article 384-15 was the first reference to the circuit total limitation of panelboards. [1] As of 2008, the location of this language is at Article 408.54 now titled "Maximum Number of Overcurrent Devices."

5. NEMA connector - Wikipedia

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   This saves a homeowner a trip to the breaker panel, should the device trip. Unlike AFCI breakers, AFCI receptacles can be used on any wiring system, regardless of the panel. [ citation needed ] When installed as the first receptacle on a branch circuit, AFCI receptacles can provide series arc protection for the entire branch circuit.

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7. Arc-fault circuit interrupter - Wikipedia

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   A combination AFCI breaker provides protection against parallel arcing (line to neutral), series arcing (a loose, broken, or otherwise high resistance segment in a single line), ground arcing (from line or neutral to ground), overload, and short circuit. The AFCI will open the circuit if dangerous arcing is detected.

8. Substation - Wikipedia

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   A circuit breaker is used as a protection device to interrupt fault currents automatically, and may be used to switch loads on and off, or to cut off a line when power is flowing in the 'wrong' direction. When a large fault current flows through the circuit breaker, this is detected through the use of current transformers. The magnitude of the ...

9. Circuit breaker - Wikipedia

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   Small circuit breakers are either installed directly in equipment or arranged in breaker panels. Inside a miniature circuit breaker. The DIN-rail-mounted thermal-magnetic miniature circuit breaker is the most common style in modern domestic consumer units and commercial electrical distribution boards throughout Europe. The design includes the ...