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[Technical article] When should type B residual current protection be installed?

 

When should we install type B residual current protection?
What is the difference between a type F and a type B differential?
Are so-called “super-immunised” differentials type B?

Given the doubts that may arise about type B residual current protection, in the following article we analyse the need for its installation, its characteristics and its importance in the protection of frequency inverters, UPSs, UPSs and electric vehicle chargers with three-phase power supply.

Content:

1.- Indirect contacts
2.- Types of differential (AC, A, A, F, B)
3.- Types of receivers
4.- EMC filters
5.- Sensitivity and response times
6.- Series mounting
7.- Conclusions and links

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Author: JOAN ROMANS ARTIGAS (Linx Enginyeria) Electronics Engineer and Telecommunications Engineer 

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