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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. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  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. Stab-Lok - Wikipedia

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    Stab-Lok is a brand name of electrical circuit breakers that were manufactured primarily by Federal Pacific Electric between 1950-1980. [1] [2] In June 1980, Reliance Electric, which had purchased FPE, reported to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission that "many FPE circuit breakers did not fully comply with Underwriters ...

  7. Schneider Electric - Wikipedia

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    Schneider Electric SE. Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational company that specializes in digital automation and energy management. [3] [4] It addresses homes, [5] buildings, [6] data centers, [7] infrastructure and industries, [8] by combining energy technologies, real-time automation, software, and services.

  8. Breaking capacity - Wikipedia

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    Breaking capacity. Breaking capacity or interrupting rating [1] [2] is the current that a fuse, circuit breaker, or other electrical apparatus is able to interrupt without being destroyed or causing an electric arc with unacceptable duration. The prospective short-circuit current that can occur under short circuit conditions should not exceed ...

  9. Surplus Record Machinery & Equipment Directory - Wikipedia

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    The Record's listings have included more than 100,000 industrial assets such as metalworking and fabricating machine tools, woodworking tools, chemical and process equipment, cranes, air compressors, pumps, motors, circuit breakers, generators, transformers, turbines. More than 1,000 businesses list with the online Surplus Record.