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jimmy
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Post subject: Arc Flash Study Philosophy Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 3:36 am |
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In Performing a study for example, with a secondary service at 480 volts and a 2500 KVA utility owned transformer, if you include the utility fuse on the primary of the transformer it could reduce the line side energy at the customer incoming PD. On the other hand, you have no control of the utility fuse which can change at any time without notice to the customer, so this would mean do not include the utility fuse. Thoughts, comments... thanks Jimmy
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stevenal
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Post subject: Re: Arc Flash Study Philosophy Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 9:39 am |
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:00 pm Posts: 631
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In my experience, utilities have consistent primary fusing based on transformer KVA. A simple fuse replacement will be of the same size. On the other hand, should a transformer require replacement, you might not get the same impedance or KVA. Best to check back periodically.
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bbaumer
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Post subject: Re: Arc Flash Study Philosophy Posted: Sun May 03, 2026 1:28 am |
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Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:01 am Posts: 489 Location: Indiana
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I either don't model the fuse or I make it fail to operate as I have found it is difficult to get the primary side fuses to blow on a arcing fault "in real life" and it cannot be counted on to clear secondary faults quickly.
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