residual-current device
residual-current device · residual-current devices
Fehlerstromschutzschalter, FI-Schalter
An automatic circuit breaker that rapidly disconnects an electric circuit when the…An automatic circuit breaker that rapidly disconnects an electric circuit when the imbalance of the currents going through it exceeds a specific value.
Meaning
1 sensesAn automatic circuit breaker that rapidly disconnects an electric circuit when the imbalance of the currents going through it exceeds a specific value.
Fehlerstromschutzschalter, FI-Schalter
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
a device that breaks an electric circuit:
Forms
plural: residual-current devices| Singular | residual-current device |
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regular
Synonyms
9 synonymsRCDRCCBresidual-current circuit breakerGFCIground fault circuit interrupterGFIground fault interrupterALCIappliance leakage current interrupter
See also
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