recloser selected immediately fli the rst three requromerts for proper resoser application. fe intoe ruling rating of 4000 amperes a 14.8 KV is sufficient to interrupt 1650 amperes at he eubstation secondary Con {nso lad cares 20 amperes, sean 4 ampere rating of tho recoser oll-A minimum trp value °200 amperes permits the reclosor 1 ons ta owest tovol of faultcurrent inthe desied protected zone of 340 amperes atoint ABC3} "Solection ofa three-phase acloser st ABC/27 wouls allow use of ground-faut sensing, proving more sone tive tip values far faults involving. ground. A possi ‘round-tip setting could bo %00 amperes. i tis were Selected. the following fuso selection procedures would be compared agaist tne combined ground phase char scteratcs ofthe recloaor MINIM ME esas hye nectosen= 2 2 ‘rmein seconos i g sears il “steg @ 888 fe, BE ‘To insure thatthe reclosors st ABC/27 can clear a tran- sign fault without damaging or fatiguing the fuse ak ty ‘use-ink minimum melting curve must Be compared ne tne recloser fast ("A’) curve, multiplied by a fastor ge ‘ent fatiguing of te fuse. For a Type L recloser wits A2C sequence and 120-cycle reclosing time the Me factors 1'35, selected from Table 2283, For best fuse-recioser coordination, Tye T links willbe uses! Figure 1783 comparesthe adjusted A curve (A » 15) to the minimum meltingtime charaoteristics of various + links. The 207 link is found to be too smal for coordina. tion, since the 1000-ampere current atthe A-curve ntae section is nt satisfactory forthe 1100-ampere maximury ‘aultindicated. The 207 link, on the other hand, wil coor, dinate toa fait of 1500 amperes, and the 407 and SOT. links nave even higher coordination points of 2100 and 2800 amperes. no 8 8 88883 = RR BS TIME INCVCLES HERTZ BASIS) Pale EET CURRENT INAMPERES Figure 17A3. For application dlagrammed in Figure 16A3: comparison ot recloser curves with ink minimum melt curves,