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   legg to pallison49@gmail.com   
   Re: Testing circuit breakers with a weld   
   08 Jun 23 09:14:37   
   
   From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 06:07:59 -0700 (PDT), Phil Allison   
    wrote:   
      
   >legg wrote:   
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   >> > legg wrote:   
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   >> >> DC ratings of standard breakers seldom exceed 40V, due to arcing.   
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   >> >   
   >> >** However most *mains rated* breakers employ magnetic or physical barrier   
   arc quenching whenever contacts open.   
   >>   
   >> Not so much quenching, as sacrificial absorption....   
   >   
   >   
   >**  Hello to the smug troll calling itself " legg" .   
   >   
   >The term "quenching" here clearly refers to physically breaking an arc by   
   extending it.   
   >Rest of your pedantic, tedious, self aggrandizing, spew inducing  BULLSHIT   
   snipped.   
   >Have a really rotten day.   
   >   
   >....  Phil   
      
   G'daye.   
      
   RL   
      
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