Our Voltimum Experts answer your questions on a daily basis in our Technical Expertise area. This Question of the Day, about a domestic electrical installation and RCD protection of a smoke detection ...

The Lighting Industry Federation states in their Technical Statement No.21: High Frequency Luminaires. MCB protection At switch on, HF ballasts draw a surge of current from the supply. MCBs having a ...

Abstract: An RCD clamp circuit is usually used in flyback converters, in order to limit the voltage spikes caused by leakage transformer inductance. Oscillation ringing appears due to the clamp diode, ...

Abstract: An improved RCD snubber for solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) is proposed in this paper in a low-voltage DC microgrid to protect SSCB against overvoltage caused by its tripping at the ...