What electrical component is employed in surge and spike protectors to help eliminate current spikes and surges?

Q: Explain the characteristics of a good protection system .What must happen when a fault occurs?

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Q: What is mean by equipment grounding and system grounding?

A: As per bartleby guideline for more than one question asked only first three are to be answered…

Q: Whether Surge resistor 10 Ohms should include in calculation?

A: Surge resistor: It is a resistor which is inserted between the rectifier circuit and filter circuit…

Q: What is the circuit breaker,types and how it is work?

A: a circuit breaker is a mechanical device that is used to open any type of electrical contact or to…

Q: Why is it important, when soldering connectors onto a piece of electronic circuitry, to leave no…

A: Given: Soldering of connectors

Q: what is a fail-safe circuit ?

A: A circuit that has an output state which indicates that either a circuit input or the circuit itself…

Q: What safeguards are there to safeguard your PC from power surges?

A: Consider that power surge is defined as a unwanted increase in the power supply, such that there is…

Q: If you are going to choose between a fuse and a circuit breaker as a disconnecting means, what will…

A: - Fuse and circuit breakers are the components used in electrical power system for protections…

Q: What are the specific functions of a ground wire, a fuse, or a circuit breaker , and a double…

A: The main function of a ground wire is to pave a path for high currents that occur due to faults in a…

Q: What are Diagram,Construction, Operation, Advantages and Disadvantages of DC Circuit Breaker.

A: A circuit breaker is a flexible device that can be automatically operated to control and protect the…

Q: What type of conduit that should be used where corrosion is a factor?

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Q: What Transient Voltage appears across the Circuit Breaker contacts at, or near Current Zero during…

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Q: What is a circuit breaker? What is the most important parameter that helps to determine the rating…

A: A circuit breaker is a device that can detect overloads above its rating in a circuit and…

Q: What should a multimeter NOT DO when testing sophisticated equipment such as medical equipment?

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Q: How fuse and circuit breaker is different?

A: Fuse is the electrical device which is made by the porcelain, glass or the plastic  material which…

Q: What would be the voltage regulation of the system?

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A: Failure analysis is a process to collect data and analyze it to find the cause of failure.

Q: What unit of measure is used to indicate the amount of protection against surges and spikes?

A: Voltage surge and voltage spike is defined as high increase in voltage in very short duration of…

Q: Explain the differences & relationship between fuses and circuit breaker in an electrical system.

A: Fuse- Fuse is used for the safety purpose of home equipment. It operates the over-current protection…

Q: Compare and contrast fuses and circuit breakers

A: fuse works on the principle of thermal and electrical property of the material where circuit breaker…

Q: What is the difference between Zener and avalanche breakdown voltage?

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Q: Discuss the concept of an Electrical fault. How can we prevent such catastrophic incident for such…

A: Electrical Fault in an electrical equipment or apparatus  is a kind of imperfection in electrical…

Q: Explain what happens due to the shadow effect when solar PV panels are connected in series?

A: we need to explain what happens due to Shadow effect when solar PV panels are connected in series.

Q: How does the Zener impedance affect the voltage across the terminals of the device?

A: BJT and MOSFET are the class of transistors used in analog electronics. They are widely used…

Q: What undesirable effects can the magnitude of the excitation voltage have on the resistance change…

A: Wheatstone bridge: It is a resistance bridge that is basically used to measure an unknown resistor…

Q: What are the different type of air blast circuit breaker explain

A: There are three types of compressed air circuit breakers: axial flow, radial flow, and cross flow,…

Q: What range of leakage current must trip an IDCI?

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Q: Why is a short circuit considered to be a complete circuit even there is no load connected on it?

A: A complete electric circuit is basically a closed electric circuit in which an electric current can…

Q: Compare Circuit Breakers and Fuses

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Q: How does a multimeter identify BJT terminals?

A: First read all the functions of a multimeter carefully.

Q: Why do we measure an abnormal short-circuit voltage if we leave the ammeter connected to the…

A: Ammeter- used to measure the current in the circuit. Connected in series with the circuit as the…

Q: Moulded case circuit breakers generally have a magnetic element for overcurrent and Thermal element…

A: The explanation is as follows.

Q: In what ways may the Instrusion detection and prevention system be used to reduce the hazards of…

A: Intrusion detection and prevention system is used as no one can enter our system with malicious…

Q: Give the name of the components and thier ratings needed to design an electrical fault detector…

A: To detect the fault in the power cable, electric fault locator is used . Electric fault locator is…

Q: How do you determine the correct rating for branch-circuit protective devices?

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Q: What is the best way to define series and parallel wiring of circuit elements?

A: Series Connection: In this connection the electrical elements are connected in cascade. Same current…

Q: What is the difference between Zener breakdown and Avalanche breakdown?

A: Difference between Zener breakdown and Avalanche breakdown :

Q: What are electrical techniques used for failure analysis

A: The process of identifying and, in most cases, seeking to reduce the fundamental cause of a failure…

Q: Which term is synonymous with short-circuit current rating?…

A: Short circuit current rating, or SCR, refers to the highest short circuit current that an electrical…

Q: Why we need to use the split way in distribution panel boards?

A: The split way is used in the distribution panelboard in order to split the incoming supply into…

Q: 17. Define breakdown voltage?

A: The break down voltage is the minimum voltage that leads to an insulator to start conducting. The…

Q: Mention the difference between Zener and avalanche breakdown.

A: Breakdown takes place in reverse biased p-n junction diodes. During break down, the value of the…