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Old 09-06-2020, 11:47am   #66
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Originally Posted by mrvette View Post
GOOD, so the thing senses when there is an overload, could be a bad xfmr or maybe a down wire, so how does it know when the circuit is clean enough to reclose the connection??
Reclosers are only used on overhead lines, because they frequently have temporary faults, like a tree branch or animal or something.

It will try 3 times to reclose and if the fault still exists it will stay in the open position.
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