CURRENT IN AMPERES

1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8000 9000 10000 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 9 8 7 6 5 800 900 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 80 90 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

10

15

300

200

100 90 80 70 60 50 40

30

20

10 9 8 7 6 5

TIME IN SECONDS

20

TIME IN SECONDS

1 .9 .8 .7 .6 .5 .4

1 .9 .8 .7 .6 .5 .4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.1 .09 .08 .07 .06 .05 .04

.1 .09 .08 .07 .06 .05 .04

.03

.03

.02

.02

.01 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

.01

CURRENT IN AMPERES

MINIMUM MELTING TIME-CURRENT CHARACTERISTIC CURVES

FAULT TAMER FUSE LIMITERS
BASISThough ANSI/IEEE standards do not specically cover Fault Tamer Fuse Limiters, IEEE Standard C37.41-1994 Section 12, Time-Current Tests, was used as a guide for the test program. The minimum melting current is not less than 200% of Fault Tamers ampere rating, and the minimum melting curve is based on tests starting with the Fault Tamer at an ambient temperature of 25C and no initial load. CONSTRUCTIONFusible elements for fuse cartridges rated 3 through 7 amperes are nickel-chrome, under controlled tension; fusible elements for fuse cartridges rated 10 through 20 amperes are silver-copper eutectic; fusible elements for backup limiters are copper. All fusible elements feature solderless connection to their terminals. TOLERANCECurves are plotted to minimum test points. Maximum variations within the coordinating range (melting times less than 10 seconds) expressed in current values are plus 10%. APPLICATIONFault Tamer Fuse Limiters are ideally suited for protecting single-phase transformers, three-phase banks of singlephase transformers, or three-phase transformers.
Like all high-voltage fuses, Fault Tamer should be applied to accommodate transformer overloads, not interrupt them. Curves are applicable to both 50-Hz and 60-Hz systems.

FAULT TAMERS AVAILABLE System Voltage Class Ampere Ratings 15 and 25 kV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 through 20

COORDINATIONUnlike conventional fuse links, the fast clearing characteristics of Fault Tamer provide complete coordination with typically sized upstream lateral fuses up to the available fault current or the interrupting rating of Fault Tamer, whichever is lower.
Moreover, the current-limiting action of Fault Tamer enables coordination with the instantaneous setting of upstream circuit breakers, thereby preventing unnecessary momentary outages to the entire feeder caused by transformer faults.

Supersedes TCC No. 450-8 dated 8-14-95

c1997

TCC NUMBER

450-8

S&C ELECTRIC COMPANY Chicago S&C ELECTRIC CANADA LTD. Toronto

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