Does RCCB do the job of MCB? Lets take 16A RCCB. it trips when residual curren

Does RCCB do the job of MCB? Lets take 16A RCCB. it trips
when residual current exceeds 30mA. does it trip in an over
current situation, i.e when current exceeds 16A ??

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Does RCCB do the job of MCB? Lets take 16A RCCB. it trips when residual current exceeds 30mA. does..

Answer / sivasankaran

Resuidal Current circuit breaker means it can sense only
the residual currents. But it does not have overload or
thermal protection.

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Does RCCB do the job of MCB? Lets take 16A RCCB. it trips when residual current exceeds 30mA. does..

Answer / prashant

what u require is something which can do the job of
ELCB+MCB. U may use ELMCB or RCBO

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