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  • Contact is made between displaced bus bar and grounded steel structure
  • Brilliant flash of light occurs
  • Arc plasma and explosive forces are created

 

Arc Flash Hazard Background
Why Now?
The Causes
Arc Flash Hazards
Test Lab Examples
Regulations
    OSHA
    NFPA 70E
    CSA-Z462
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An arc flash occurs so quickly and generates such a blinding light, the human eye sees little but the aftermath...
Test Sequence 2
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