interrupting capacity

interrupting capacity

[‚int·ə′rəp·tiŋ kə‚pas·əd·ē]
(electricity)
Maximum power in the arc that a circuit breaker or fuse can successfully interrupt without restrike or violent failure; rated in volt-amperes for alternating-current circuits and watts for direct-current circuits.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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