La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CV-1717

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CV-1717 - Overcurrent Devices

A. Function, Operation, and Characteristics of Overcurrent Protection Devices:

1. purpose and location of devices;

2. three considerations necessary for electrical component protection;

3. interrupting ratings;

4. short circuit currents;

5. overload and overcurrent situations;

6. 10 and 25 foot tap rules;

7. operation and application of fuses:

a. dingle element and time delay;

b. the effects of heat;

8. operation and application of various types of circuit breakers (e.g., molded case, air break);

9. utilize Peak-Let-Thru charts and table;

10. function, operation, and characteristics of ground fault circuit interrupters;

11. function, operation, and characteristics of surge protectors;

12. appropriate devices for situation and according to code.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CV-1717

Promulgated by the Department of Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Trade and Industrial Education, LR 32:578 (April 2006).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10) and R.S. 17:10.