Circuit breakers are used in a variety of ways. They are mounted in panelboards to protect branch circuit wiring, and they are built into equipment to protect it. With this range of applications, it's ...

Electrical overcurrents can not only damage systems, but also cause costly downtime. Fuses are said to be a great way to protect a battery energy storage system (BESS) simply and cost-effectively. In ...

Downtime has taken on enormous importance as companies struggle to compete in a global market and a global downturn. Managers are in hot pursuit of technologies that reduce business interruptions, no ...

Circuit protection has become a crucial design consideration to protect sensitive applications against overcurrent conditions. In most applications, overcurrent and overtemperature conditions are an ...

Fig 1. The Littlefuse SP3012 series protects high-speed ports such as USB 3.0 from ESD. It offers an extremely low capacitance loading of only 0.5 pF while providing ±12-kV ESD protection, exceeding ...