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Pluggable surge protection system
Brian John Gillespie,Christopher Jon Laubach,Russell David Moser,David Michael Mcclellan,Scott Keith Mickievicz +4 more
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In this paper, a surge protection system including a pluggable surge protection cartridge and its corresponding base is disclosed, which is configured to be situated within the base such that the cartridge is removable from the base while the base remains in electrical contact with the load center.Abstract:
A surge protection system including a pluggable surge protection cartridge and its corresponding base is disclosed. The cartridge includes a housing, a surge protection assembly situated within the housing containing a surge protection element and a plurality of cartridge contacts in electrical contact with the surge protection assembly. The cartridge contacts are configured to engage a base within an electrical load center to carry a surge current from the load center across an electrical path of the surge protection assembly through the surge protection element. The cartridge is configured to be situated within the base such that the cartridge is removable from the base while the base remains in electrical contact with the load center.read more
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