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  • Mar 24, 2009, 06:06 AM
    almasee
    How MCB work?
    :mad:
  • Mar 25, 2009, 02:39 AM
    sarnian
    Hello almasee

    Hmmmm : many words seem to be difficult for you :)

    Only a couple of possible electrical MCB's :

    MCB Miniature Circuit Breaker
    MCB Mini Circuit Breaker
    MCB Memory Control Block
    MCB Main Circuit Breaker
    MCB Main Control Board
    MCB Message Control Block
    MCB Manual Control Box
    MCB Multi-Channel Buffer
    MCB Molded Circuit Board
    MCB Messenger Call Box (Bafo Technologies)
    MCB Manually Controlled Barrier
    MCB Maintenance Control Board
    MCB Master Clock Board

    Which one do you mean ?
  • Mar 25, 2009, 05:08 AM
    almasee
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by sarnian View Post
    Hello almasee

    Hmmmm : many words seem to be difficult for you :)

    Only a couple of possible electrical MCB's :

    MCB Miniature Circuit Breaker
    MCB Mini Circuit Breaker
    MCB Memory Control Block
    MCB Main Circuit Breaker
    MCB Main Control Board
    MCB Message Control Block
    MCB Manual Control Box
    MCB Multi-Channel Buffer
    MCB Molded Circuit Board
    MCB Messenger Call Box (Bafo Technologies)
    MCB Manually Controlled Barrier
    MCB Maintenance Control Board
    MCB Master Clock Board

    Which one do you mean ?

    What I mean is miiaturre circuit breaker
  • Mar 25, 2009, 05:50 AM
    sarnian
    Hello almasee

    My explanation on how they work :

    An electric current requires two wires to complete the circuit : From source via the in wire to the load and from there via the out wire back to the electrical source.
    The current in these two wires should always be identical. When an electrical leak to earth occures, these two currents are no longer identical.
    In the MCB both currents are run through 2 small coils, mounted in such way that the magnetic fields produced are annihilating each other. A small mechanical switch mounted near these coils trips however when the fields are no longer identical, and therefore result in an electromagnetical field. (earthleak protection)

    The system is further wired in such a way that by abnormal high currents the switch also trips (shortcircuit protection).
    Note that MCB's have a max. current above which tripping occures.

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    Miniature circuit breakers : from a DIYnot topic on MCB's (Link). See also the long list of comments !

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    Another website with interesting information on MCB's is this Electronics on Line (Link)
  • Apr 18, 2009, 09:19 AM
    sathe1963

    Dear Almasee,

    Earlier reply by sarian is applicable for ELCB
    i.e. Earth Leakage circuit breaker OR RCCB i.e. residual current circuit breaker.

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