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Is it acceptable for the main incoming cable of the distribution cabinet to enter from a lower position, pass through the knife switch and circuit breaker, and then exit from a higher position? Please give me some advice.
This person must be quite experienced from the manufacturing side. From a design perspective, what you’re doing is acceptable.
It depends on your installation conditions; when placing an order, you can choose an arrangement with power entering from above and exiting from below, or with power entering from above and exiting from above as well. It is permitted by regulation. http://www.wnaomm.cn/index.php?46241-1.html
Sure. Our company has done this before.
It seems possible, but it’s not very safe with a knife switch – it might fall off automatically.
It is generally not allowed to do this; once this is done, the moving contact of the knife switch becomes live, as does the moving contact of the air circuit breaker. From a safety perspective, this is extremely unsafe.
I have seen drawings showing it installed in this way; it is generally used in incoming cable cabinets. However, I only saw it in schematic diagrams, and I’m not sure if the circuit breaker you’re referring to serves as an isolation device
What is shown in the schematic diagram does not represent the actual location of the components. The drawing shows it this way; generally, during installation, the disconnect switches and circuit breakers have power entering from above and exiting from below.
After thinking about it, it seems that even in the case of lower-level wiring, the incoming cables are still connected to the busbars, and the electrical components are connected from above. This is because I have worked on civil construction projects, where the accessory rooms are usually located in the basement levels. In theory, using the upper outlet would be convenient, but in practice, the lower outlet is used and then the cables are routed back upward to converge at the cable tray outlet. .
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