Electrical Wiring Residential
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781285170954
Author: Ray C. Mullin, Phil Simmons
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 28, Problem 17R
Repeat problem 16 for a main service panel that consists of 100-ampere main current- limiting fuses and breakers for the branch circuits. The branch circuit trips; the 100-ampere fuses do not open. This condition is referred to as being (selective) (non-selective). (Circle the correct answer.)
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