Protection against fire due to earth faults: Difference between revisions

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The standards consider the damage (mainly fire) of goods due to insulation faults to be high.  
The great majority of electrical short-circuit in low voltage installation are line to earth insulation failure.


Therefore, for location with high risk of fire, 300 mA Residual Current Devices must be used. For the other locations, some standards rely on a technique called "'''G'''round '''F'''ault '''P'''rotection " (GFP).
The protective measures against electric shock presented in previous section of this chapter will ensure automatic disconnection of the supply in case of fault between a line conductor and accessible conductive part that could lead to dangerous touch voltages.  


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But fault between a line conductor and earth with lower amplitude than cable overcurrent protection threshold (and no risk of “indirect contact”) may also happen (see {{FigureRef|F73}}).
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Revision as of 00:03, 18 April 2018


The great majority of electrical short-circuit in low voltage installation are line to earth insulation failure.

The protective measures against electric shock presented in previous section of this chapter will ensure automatic disconnection of the supply in case of fault between a line conductor and accessible conductive part that could lead to dangerous touch voltages.

But fault between a line conductor and earth with lower amplitude than cable overcurrent protection threshold (and no risk of “indirect contact”) may also happen (see Figure F73).

Fig. F73 – Overcurrent protection curve and earth fault potential current

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