Description
Manufacturer | ABB |
Brand | ABB |
Series | module |
Part Number | TC520 3BSE001449R1 |
Product Type | module |
Quality | 100% New Original |
Stock | In stock |
Delivery time | 1-3 days after Payment |
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Warranty | 1 year |
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The neutral conductor is a conductor that is connected to the system neutral
point (which generally but not necessarily coincides with the star centre of the
secondary windings of the transformer or the windings of the generator); it is
able to contribute to the transmission of electric power, thereby making available
a voltage that is different from the phase to phase voltage. In certain cases and
under specific conditions, the functions of neutral conductor and protective
conductor can be combined in a single conductor (PEN).
Protection and disconnection of the neutral conductor
If fault conditions arise, a voltage to earth may occur on the neutral conductor.
This may be caused by a phase to neutral short-circuit and by the disconnection
of the neutral conductor due to accidental breaking or to tripping of single-pole
devices (fuses or single-pole circuit breakers).
If the neutral conductor only is disconnected in a four-conductor circuit, the
supply voltage to the single-phase loads may be altered so that they are supplied
by a voltage different from the U0
phase to neutral voltage (as shown in Fig. 1).
Therefore, all the necessary measures to prevent this type of fault shall be taken,
e.g. by not protecting the neutral conductor with single-pole devices.
1.5 Neutral and protective conductors
Figure 1: Disconnection of the neutral conductor
Moreover, in TN-C systems, voltage to earth arising on the neutral conductor
constitutes a hazard for people; in fact, since this conductor is also a protective
conductor, this voltage reaches the connected exposed conductive parts. For
TN-C systems, the Standards specify minimum cross sections (see next clause)
for the neutral conductor in order to prevent accidental breaking and they
forbid the use of any device (single-pole or multi-pole) that could disconnect
the PEN