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residual-current device

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
resid-u-al-cur-ren-t de-vice
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An automatic circuit breaker that rapidly disconnects an electric circuit when the imbalance of the currents going through it exceeds a specific value.

Inflected Forms

residual-current devices (plural)

Synonyms

RCD RCCB residual-current circuit breaker GFCI ground fault circuit interrupter GFI ground fault interrupter ALCI appliance leakage current interrupter

Questions

What does residual-current device mean?
An automatic circuit breaker that rapidly disconnects an electric circuit when the imbalance of the currents going through it exceeds a specific value.

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