A motor protection relay safeguards electric motors by detecting thermal stress, phase imbalance, stall, and abnormal ...

Protecting an electronic circuit from damage due to excessive current or heat is the primary function of many circuit protection technologies. In the past, this protection took the form of a fuse or ...

Menlo Park, Calif. — Raychem Circuit Protection, a business unit of Tyco Electronics, has introduced the PolySwitch LVR series of resettable circuit protection devices to help protect electric motors ...

Understanding the advantages, limitations, and use cases of each technology helps engineers create reliable consumer products.

The usual way of preventing a small motor from drawing too much current is to install overcurrent protection in the form of a circuit breaker or some other kind of limiter. But installations that ...

Power systems today operate in an environment where reliability and safety must be maintained despite rising loads, expanding ...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has published a new standard: IEEE Std. 3004.8-2016, “Recommended Practice for Motor Protection in Industrial and Commercial Power Systems.

Understanding the overcurrent trilogy will help you protect your circuits. Circuit overcurrent protection encompasses overload, short-circuit, and ground-fault protection. NEC Art. 100 defines ...

Tyco Electronics announced the introduction of a Metal Hybrid PPTC (MHP) technology useful for high-rate-discharge battery applications at ratings above 30VDC/30A such as cordless power tools, e-bikes ...

TYCO ELECTRONICS announced the introduction of a Metal Hybrid PPTC (MHP) technology useful for high-rate-discharge battery applications at ratings above 30VDC/30A such as cordless power tools, e-bikes ...

A circuit breaker that trips repeatedly is often assumed to be defective, but that assumption is frequently wrong. Breakers respond to conditions downstream, and replacing one without understanding ...