Wor

king&Oper
ati
onofMCB
Undernor
malwor
kingcondi
ti
ons,
MCBoper
atesasaswi
tch(
manualone)t
omaket
heci
rcui
tON
orOFF.Underov
erl
oadorshor
tci
rcui
tcondi
ti
on,i
taut
omat
ical
l
yoper
atesort
ri
pssot
hatcur
rent
i
nter
rupt
iont
akespl
acei
nthel
oadci
rcui
t.Thev
isuali
ndi
cat
ionoft
hist
ri
pcanbeobser
vedby
aut
omat
icmov
ementoft
heoper
ati
ngknobt
oOFFposi
ti
on.Thi
saut
omat
icoper
ati
onMCBcanbe
obt
ainedi
ntwoway
saswehav
eseeni
nMCBconst
ruct
ion;t
hosear
emagnet
ict
ri
ppi
ngand
t
her
mal
tri
ppi
ng

Underoverl
oadcondi t
ion,t
hecurrentthr
oughthebimetalcausestoraisethetemper atur
eofit
.Theheat
generat
edwithinthebimetali
tsel
fenoughtocausedef l
ecti
onduet othermal expansionofmetal
s.Thi
s
defl
ecti
onfurt
herr el
easesthetri
platchandhencecontactsgetseparated.I
nsomeMCBs, magneti
cfi
eld
generat
edbyt hecoilcausesdeveloppul
lonbimetalsuchthatitdef
lecti
onact i
vatesthetri
ppi
ng
mechanism.

Undershor
tci
rcui
torheav
yov
erl
oadcondi
ti
ons,magnet
ict
ri
ppi
ngar
rangementcomesi
ntot
he
pi
ctur
e.Undernor
malwor
kingcondi
ti
on,t
hesl
ugi
shel
dinaposi
ti
onbyl
i
ghtspr
ingbecause
magnet
icf
iel
dgener
atedbyt
hecoi
li
snotsuf
fi
cientt
oat
tr
actt
hel
atch.Whenaf
aul
tcur
rentf
lows,
t
hemagnet
icf
iel
dgener
atedbyt
hecoi
lissuf
fi
cientt
oov
ercomet
hespr
ingf
orcehol
dingsl
ugi
n
posi
ti
on.Andhencesl
ugmov
esandt
henact
uat
ethet
ri
ppi
ngmechani
sm.
Acombi
nat
ionofbot
hmagnet
icandt
her
malt
ri
ppi
ngmechani
smsar
eimpl
ement
edi
nmostof
MCBs.I
nbot
hmagnet
icandt
her
malt
ri
ppi
ngoper
ati
ons,
anar
cisf
ormedwhent
hecont
act
sst
art
separ
ati
ng.Thi
sar
cist
henf
orcedi
ntoar
cspl
i
tterpl
atesv
iaar
crunner
.Thesear
cspl
i
tterpl
ates
ar
eal
socal
l
edar
cchut
eswher
ear
cisf
ormedi
ntoaser
iesofar
csandatt
hesamet
imeener
gy
ext
ract
edandcool
sit
.Hencet
hisar
rangementachi
evest
hear
cext
inct
ion.
Ty
pesofMi
niat
ureCi
rcui
tBr
eaker
s(MCB’
s)

MCBsar
ecl
assi
fi
edi
ntot
hreemaj
ort
ypesaccor
dingt
othei
rinst
ant
aneoust
ri
ppi
ngcur
rent
s.They
are
1.TypeBMCB
2.TypeCMCB
3.TypeDMCB

Ty
peBMCB
Thi
sty
peofMCBwi
l
ltr
ipi
nst
ant
lyatar
ateoft
hreet
ofi
vet
imesi
tsr
atedcur
rent
.Thesear
e
nor
mal
l
yusedf
orr
esi
sti
veorsmal
linduct
ivel
oadswher
eswi
tchi
ngsur
gesar
ever
ysmal
l
.
Ther
efor
e,t
hesear
esui
tabl
eforr
esi
dent
ial
orl
i
ghtcommer
cial
inst
all
ati
ons.

Ty
peCMCB
Thi
sty
peofMCBwi
l
ltr
ipi
nst
ant
lyatar
ateoff
ivet
otent
imesi
tsr
atedcur
rent
.Thesear
e
nor
mal
l
yusedf
orhi
ghi
nduct
ivel
oadswher
eswi
tchi
ngsur
gesar
ehi
ghsuchassmal
lmot
orsand
f
lor
escentl
i
ght
ing.I
nsuchcases,
typeCMCBsar
epr
efer
redt
ohandl
ehi
gherv
alueofshor
tci
rcui
t
cur
rent
s.Ther
efor
e,t
hesear
esui
tabl
eforhi
ghl
yinduct
ivecommer
cial
and 
i
ndust
ri
ali
nst
all
ati
ons.

Ty
peDMCB
Thi
sty
peofMCBwi
l
ltr
ipi
nst
ant
lyatar
ateoft
ent
otwent
yfi
vet
imesi
tsr
atedcur
rent
.Thesear
e
nor
mal
l
yusedf
orv
eryhi
ghi
nduct
ivel
oadswher
ehi
ghi
nrushcur
rentar
ever
yfr
equent
.Thesear
e
sui
tabl
eforspeci
fi
cindust
ri
alandcommer
cialappl
i
cat
ions.Thecommonexampl
esofsuch
appl
i
cat
ionsi
ncl
udex-
raymachi
nes,UPSsy
stems,i
ndust
ri
alwel
dingequi
pment
,lar
gewi
ndi
ng
mot
ors,
etc