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by weaksauce
1099 days ago
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> (IIRC, the trick is that most breakers have two independent trip mechanisms: a thermal one which has a built-in heat-dependent delay, and a magnetic one which is instant.) precisely it. the magnetic one uses the fact that ac makes an electromagnet and they tune it so it snaps away quickly if there's a short. |
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