What is the difference between MCCB and MCB ?

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What is the difference between MCCB and MCB ?..

Answer / rajesh

MCB = Miniature Circuit Breaker, used for domestic, light
commercial and light industrial applications.

MCCB = Moulded Case Circuit Breaker used in heavy commercial
and heavy industrial applications.

And as stated above fault current rating is greater, generally
much greater with the MCCB

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What is the difference between MCCB and MCB ?..

Answer / raja singh

mccb is used for more than 100Amps, and mcb used for below
100 amps

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What is the difference between MCCB and MCB ?..

Answer / suresh

MCB-any electrical problem mcb breaker off position. After manually Breaker ON.

MCCB- any electrical broblem MCCB was trip position. After switches manually off position and ON.

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What is the difference between MCCB and MCB ?..

Answer / a gahlaut

MCCB has short circuit protection in particular which is
not available in MCB. Also the breaking capacity of MCB is
limited to generally 10kA.

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