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  2. 2010 flash crash - Wikipedia

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    The DJIA on May 6, 2010 (11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT) The May 6, 2010, flash crash, [1] [2] [3] also known as the crash of 2:45 or simply the flash crash, was a United States trillion-dollar [4] flash crash (a type of stock market crash) which started at 2:32 p.m. EDT and lasted for approximately 36 minutes. [5]

  3. Circuit breaker - Wikipedia

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    Consumer unit. Electrical switch. Earthing systems. v. t. e. A circuit breaker is an electrical safety device designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by current in excess of that which the equipment can safely carry ( overcurrent ). Its basic function is to interrupt current flow to protect equipment and to prevent fire.

  4. Property Tax Circuit Breaker - Wikipedia

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    Illinois: Elderly and the disabled were the only two groups that could qualify for the property tax circuit breaker program in the state of Illinois. The guidelines for eligibility were set by income with $27,610 being the maximum income for a single person household, $36,635 for two people, and $45,657 for three or more people. [5]

  5. How Circuit Breakers Can Let Cooler (Human) Heads Prevail

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    Regulators still don't know what caused the flash crash on May 6, but their pilot program of putting circuit breakers on a bunch more stocks goes into full gear this week. Circuit breakers, which ...

  6. Sulfur hexafluoride circuit breaker - Wikipedia

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    Instead of oil, air, or a vacuum, a sulfur hexafluoride circuit breaker uses sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6) gas to cool and quench the arc on opening a circuit. Advantages over other media include lower operating noise and no emission of hot gases, and relatively low maintenance. Developed in the 1950s and onward, SF 6 circuit breakers are widely ...

  7. Arc-fault circuit interrupter - Wikipedia

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    This AFCI (the circuit breaker with the yellow label) is an older generation AFCI circuit breaker. The current (as of 2013) devices are referred to as "combination type." An arc-fault circuit interrupter ( AFCI ) or arc-fault detection device ( AFDD ) [1] is a circuit breaker that breaks the circuit when it detects the electric arcs that are a ...

  8. Residual-current device - Wikipedia

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    A residual-current device (RCD), residual-current circuit breaker (RCCB) or ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) is an electrical safety device that interrupts an electrical circuit when the current passing through a conductor is not equal and opposite in both directions, therefore indicating an improper flow of current such as leakage current to ground or current flowing to another powered ...

  9. Switchgear - Wikipedia

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    This circuit breaker uses both SF 6 and air as insulation. In an electric power system, a switchgear is composed of electrical disconnect switches, fuses or circuit breakers used to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment. Switchgear is used both to de-energize equipment to allow work to be done and to clear faults downstream.