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16180 OVERCURRENT PROTECTIVE DEVICESFTWIC-2235June 2009PART 1.00GENERAL1.01 WORK INCLUDED:Furnish labor, materials, equipment and incidentals necessary to install overcurrent protectivedevices.1.02 RELATED WORK COVERED ELSEWHERE:General Requirements for Electrical Work Section 16010Distribution Panelboards Section 16163Disconnects Section 16170Panelboards Section 164701.03 SUBMITTALS:Submittals shall be in accordance with Section 01300, SUBMITTALS and shall includemanufacturer's specifications including time current characteristic curves, catalog cuts, andoperations and maintenance data for the products to be used.1.04 STANDARDS:Refer to Section 16010, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL WORK, for allstandards which apply to this section.PART 2.00PRODUCTS2.01 MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS:A. FUSES:Current-limiting with 200,000 rms symmetrical amperes interrupting rating and ULlisted. All fuses shall be by the same Manufacturer.Fuses which are 600 amperes and smaller shall be Class RK1, dual element, and haveseparate overload and short-circuit elements. The overload, time delay element shall bespring-activated and utilize a eutectic alloy with a 284 degrees F. melting point. The fuseshall hold 500% percent of its rated fuse current for a minimum of ten seconds.Fuses which are over 600 amperes shall be Class L time delay single element.B. THERMAL MAGNETIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS:Bolt-on, thermal magnetic circuit breakers with the number of poles and the ampererating as indicated on the plans; capable of interrupting the symmetrical fault currentavailable to them. Series rating of breakers shall not be permitted.C. See section 16163 for electronic trip circuit breakers.16180-1