12 Mistakes to Avoid When Selecting Circuit Protection for Your Application

December 21st , 2011 → 6:03 pm @

Dee Electronics has made available a White Paper Report outlining the 12 biggest mistakes to avoid when selecting Circuit Protection or Circuit Breakers for your application.   It’s only a circuit breaker, right?  Yet there is enough complexity and confusion when it comes to specifying circuit protection that many engineers are designing equipment with too little [...]

Category : Engineering and Technical White Papers / White Papers

NEW Class J Enclosed Fuse Holders

December 19th , 2011 → 4:02 pm @

NEW Class J Enclosed Fuse Holders

These fuse holders are ideal for panel boards, feeder circuits, HVAC and bus duct applications, and are suitable for applications that required IP20 touchsafe designs.  Specifications: 600 volts, 30-60 amps, base materials: thermoplastic, tested and approved for 200,000 amp short circuit current rating (SCCR), touchsafe IEC type design (IP20), blown fuse indicating type available, red dual [...]

Category : Heat & Circuit Protection / Technical Articles

Low Cost Miniature DC Circuit Breakers

December 19th , 2011 → 4:02 pm @

Low Cost Miniature DC Circuit Breakers

Engineered to deliver reliable performance in a wide range of applications from UPS systems to cranes to transportation to communication systems.  Ratings are 125V (1 pole) and 250V (2 poles) up to 63A.  They enable service entrance, feeder, or branch circuit protection and disconnect function.  They are compact at 17.5 mm wide per pole.  Their [...]

Category : Engineers Solutions Articles / Heat & Circuit Protection / Technical Articles

Find More Space in Your Control Panel: Tap Rules for Molded-Case Circuit Breakers: Adhering to UL Standard 508A, NEC Section 409

November 23rd , 2011 → 6:45 am @

Learn how to apply multiple branches and multi-wire terminals with circuit breakers in industrial control panels in accordance with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standard 508A and the National Electrical Code (NEC), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 70-2011).  Molded-case circuit breakers are used for the main overcurrent protective device (OCPD) and the main disconnecting means for an [...]

Category : Engineering and Technical White Papers / White Papers

New High Reliability Circuit Breaker with Arc Quenching

October 23rd , 2011 → 6:03 pm @

New High Reliability Circuit Breaker with Arc Quenching

This new series of circuit breaker, features a unique and innovative patent-pending arc quenching configuration that allows the breaker to safely handle high amperage and high DC voltage applications in a compact package.  By using a patent-pending magnetic flux boosting terminal configuration, a strong magnetic field is created, thus motivating the arc into an enhanced [...]

Category : Engineers Solutions Articles / Heat & Circuit Protection / Technical Articles

New Solar 600VDC Midget Fuse

October 23rd , 2011 → 6:03 pm @

New Solar 600VDC Midget Fuse

A range of UL 2579 fast-acting 600VDC midget fuses specifically designed to protect solar power systems in extreme ambient temperatures, high cycling and low-level fault current conditions (reverse current, multi-array fault).  Features include: 13/32″ × 1- 1/2″ (10×38mm), available in 12 sizes (4 – 30A), interrupting rating of 50kA DC (4-30A).  Agency Information: UL Listed 2579, [...]

Category : Engineers Solutions Articles / Heat & Circuit Protection / Technical Articles

How to Determine a Panel’s SCCR Rating

October 13th , 2011 → 6:41 pm @

 The determination of Short Circuit Current Ratings can appear to be a formidable task to complete if you are not familiar with the National Electrical Code® or the UL 508A Standard for Industrial Control Panels in the United States.  However, by breaking the task down into systematic steps, the process can be much simpler to [...]

Category : Engineering and Technical White Papers / White Papers

100A, 600VDC Circuit Breaker in a Compact 2-Pole Configuration!

October 11th , 2011 → 10:25 am @

100A, 600VDC Circuit Breaker in a Compact 2-Pole Configuration!

With unprecedented industry best rating of 100A, 600VDC in a compact 2-pole configuration, the circuit breaker features a unique and innovative patent pending arc quenching configuration that allows the breaker to safely handle high amperage and high DC voltage applications in a compact package. The series is ideal for integration into photovoltaic renewable energy systems, [...]

Category : Carling Technologies / Product Releases / Switches & Relays

The 15 Key Points You Must Review When Selecting Circuit Protection

September 28th , 2011 → 7:58 am @

The 15 Key Points You Must Review When Selecting Circuit Protection

FREE Report Although care is taken to properly design electrical and electronic circuits, overcurrents in the form of short-circuits and overload can occur.  The sole purpose of fuses and circuit breakers is to protect personnel and/or equipment from serious harm when an overcurrent condition arises.  This white paper report is intended to help create a [...]

Category : White Papers

Surge Protection Made Easy for IEC Applications

September 25th , 2011 → 2:33 pm @

Surge Protection Made Easy for IEC Applications

High performance lightning & surge protection products for all IEC applications.  Today’s world is full of electronic products and devices that are susceptible to damage from overvoltage surges.  Whether the cause is static discharge or lightning, overvoltage surges can quickly destroy consumer electronics or sophisticated electronic packages used in industrial and commercial applications.  Surge protection [...]

Category : Engineers Solutions Articles / Heat & Circuit Protection / Technical Articles