Article | REF: D4700 V1

Interruption of DC-powered circuits

Author: Yves PELENC

Publication date: May 10, 2002

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6. Using a capacitor in parallel with the arc

6.1 General

In the case where a capacitor of capacitance C is placed in parallel on the device (figure 18 ), we can no longer base our reasoning on characteristics plotted in the (u, i ) plane alone.

 

Contrary to what happens when a resistor is placed in parallel with the switch 1.6

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