S&C ELECTRIC COMPANY Chicago

S&C ELECTRIC CANADA LTD. Toronto

TCC NUMBER

153-2

Page 1 of 1
June 17, 1991

Supersedes TCC No. 153-2 dated 8-29-88

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CURRENT IN AMPERES
BASIS

These fuse units are tested in accordance with the proce-
dures described in ANSI Standard C37.41-1981, and they are rated
to comply with ANSI Standard C37.46-1981. As required by these
standards, the minimum melting current is not less than 200% of
fuse-unit ampere rating, and the minimum melting curves are based
on tests starting with the fuse unit at an ambient temperature of
25C and no initial load.

CONSTRUCTION

Fusible elements for fuse units rated 3E through
7E amperes are nickel-chrome, under controlled tension; fusible
elements for fuse units rated 10E through 400E amperes are silver,
helically coiled. All are of solderless construction.

TOLERANCES

Curves are plotted to minimum test points. Max-
imum variations expressed in current values are:
Plus 10% for 10E through 400E ampere ratings.
Plus 15% for 5E through 7E ampere ratings.
Plus 20% for 3E ampere rating.

APPLICATION

Like all high-voltage fuses, these fuse units are
intended to accommodate overloads, not to interrupt them. Accord-
ingly, they feature fusible elements which are designed with a min-
imum melting current of 200% of the fuse-unit ampere rating (for
fuse units rated 100 amperes or less) or 240% of the fuse-unit
ampere rating (for fuse units rated over 100 amperes). As a result,
these fuse units have considerable peak-load capabilities; however,
they should never be exposed to loading in excess of the peak-load
capabilities listed in S&C Data Bulletin 240-190.
Since fuse units having nickel-chrome or silver element con-
struction are not subject to damage by aging or transient overcur-
rents, it is unnecessary to replace unblown fuse units of either of
these constructions in single-phase or three-phase installations
when one or more fuse units have blown.

COORDINATION

Any preloading reduces melting time. While this
phenomenon is especially pronounced in other makes of fuses
having minimum melting currents appreciably less than 200% of
rating, the effect of preloading must nonetheless be determined for
the S&C fuse units represented by these curves (see S&C Data
Bulletin 240-195) and adjustments to these curves must be made:
1. When close coordination is required;
2. When, regardless of the preciseness of coordination, the fuse
unit is subjected to temporary overloads.
There are cases where the coordination requirements may be
very exacting, for example, in coordinating a transformer primary
fuse with a secondary breaker and a source-side breaker. The time
interval between the operating characteristics of the two breakers
may be very narrow. Under these circumstances there must be an
extremely short time interval between the minimum melting and the
total clearing characteristics of the fuse.
The fuse units represented by these curves possess this short
time interval feature, sincehaving a nondamageable fusible ele-
ment of precise constructionthey require:
1. As little as 10%

total

tolerance in melting currentcompared to
the 20% tolerance of many fuses (20% and 40% respectively
in terms of time).
2. No safety-zone or setback allowances.
This narrow time band normally will provide the desired coordi-
nation. If the selected S&C Standard Speed fuse unit does not meet
the coordination requirements, check to see if the same ampere
rating in the S&C Slow Speed or S&C Very Slow Speed will satisfy.
Sometimes a selected ampere rating will fail to meet the coordi-
nation requirements in any available speed. In this case the selec-
tion of another ampere rating for either the protecting or protected
fuse usually will satisfy all requirements.
Do not assume that other fuses that do not employ S&Cs silver,
helically coiled fusible element construction can better resolve a
coordination impasse than the use of another ampere rating in one
of the S&C speed options. Such other fuses, including time-lag
speeds, super-slow speeds, and high-surge speeds, require the
use of safety-zone or setback allowances and, in addition, they
have larger construction tolerances (plus 20% in current; plus 40%
in terms of time). The application of these two factors will give a time
interval between the adjusted minimum melting curve and the total
clearing curve greater than in the case of S&C speed options.

FUSE UNITS AVAILABLE

Type Kv Nom. Ratings Ampere Ratings

SMU-20

. . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 through 34.5............ 5E through 200E
SMU-40

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 through 25 .............. 3E through 400E

MINIMUM MELTING TIME-CURRENT CHARACTERISTIC CURVES

SMU FUSE UNITSS&C STANDARD SPEED

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