Difference between ELCB and RCCB

ELCB is the old name and often refers to voltage operated devices that are no longer available and it is
advised you replace them if you find one.
RCCB or RCD is the new name that specifies current operated (hence the new name to distinguish from
voltage operated).
The new RCCB is best because it will detect any earth fault. The voltage type only detects earth faults
that flow back through the main earth wire so this is why they stopped being used.
The easy way to tell an old voltage operated trip is to look for the main earth wire connected through it.
RCCB will only have the line and neutral connections.
ELCB is working based on Earth leakage current. But RCCB is not having sensing or connectivity of
Earth, because fundamentally Phase current is equal to the neutral current in single phase. Thats why
RCCB can trip when the both currents are deferent and it withstand up to both the currents are same.
Both the neutral and phase currents are different that means current is flowing through the Earth.
Finally both are working for same, but the thing is connectivity is difference.
RCD does not necessarily require an earth connection itself (it monitors only the live and neutral).In
addition it detects current flows to earth even in equipment without an earth of its own.
This means that an RCD will continue to give shock protection in equipment that has a faulty earth. It is
these properties that have made the RCD more popular than its rivals. For example, earth-leakage circuit
breakers (ELCBs) were widely used about ten years ago. These devices measured the voltage on the
earth conductor; if this voltage was not zero this indicated a current leakage to earth. The problem is that
ELCBs need a sound earth connection, as does the equipment it protects. As a result, the use of ELCBs
is no longer recommended.

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elcb means earth leakage circuit breaker which operates when

there is a leakage of current from phase to earth.
Rccb means residual current circuit breaker which operates
when there is a difference in current between any two
phases.This differential current is called resdual current.

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ELCB is a voltage operated device.RCCB is a current

operated device.IN ELCB, Trip coil is connected between
system ground and non current carrying part of the
machines.RCCB having CBCT(Core Balanced Current
Transformer).CBCT consists of 2nos of primary winding
(P1,P2) and one secondary winding(S1).Primary windings are
in series with the load and secondary winding connected to
Trip coil.In case of healty time, voltage in both the
primary windings will be cancelled and hence no voltage on
secondary winding.During the leakge or If any body touch

the live wires of the machines, current will passing

through the body and connected to ground.It will cause the
voltage difference in primary windings and induced voltage
in secondary operates the trip coil(operating time 50ms).
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ELCB:-An ELCB is a specialised type of latching relay that

has a building's incoming mains power connected through its
switching contacts so that the ELCB disconnects the power
in an earth leakage (unsafe) condition.The ELCB detects
fault currents passing from live (hot) to the earth
(ground) wire within the installation it protects. If
sufficient voltage appears across the ELCB's sense coil, it
will switch off the power, and remain off until manually
reset. An ELCB however, does not sense fault currents
passing from live to any other earthed body.
RCCB:-A residual current device (RCD), or residual current
circuit breaker (RCCB), is an electrical wiring device that
disconnects a circuit whenever it detects that the electric
current is not balanced between the phase ("hot") conductor
and the neutral conductor. Such an imbalance is sometimes
caused by current leakage through the body of a person who
is grounded and accidentally touching the energized part of
the circuit. A lethal shock can result from these
conditions; RCDs are designed to disconnect quickly enough
to mitigate the harm caused by such shocks.

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#4

ELCB has a protection for earth leakage where as the RCCB

has the dual protection features of ELCB and MCB

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#5

ELCB earth leakage circuit breaker

RCCB residual current circuit breaker which operates
when there is a difference in current between any two
phases.This differential current is called resdual current.

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1)
An RCCB will disconnect if there is sufficient fault
current flowing from any part of the protected circuit to
any other path. An ELCB will only disconnect if there is
sufficient fault current flowing from a live part of the
circuit to the protective earth conductor.
2)

ELCBs are old hat.

3)
RCCBs are cool for compliancy purposes ELCBs are not.
4)
RCCBs are pretty good at protecting people against electric
shock. ELCBs are pretty crap.
5)
An RCCB disconnects a circuit when there is a difference
between the current in the phase side of a circuit and the
return side of that circuit and when this difference is
filtered and exceeds a threshold trip current value(In this
context return for most purposes is the neutral conductor
but for some installations could also conceivably be
another phase connection).ELCBs work by detecting current
(or valtage induced by current) in the protective earth
conductor.
6)
It is difficult to see why anyone would choose to use an
ELCB over an RCCB given that an ELCB will only prevent the
protective earth conductor from reaching a dangerous
voltage under fault conditions. RCCBs will also do this and
more.
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rccb:-it measures the difference in current between live

and neautral conductors of a system.in normal conditions it
is equal.If it is diff. than it indicates that some current
is flowing other than live and neutral
Elcb;-it measures the voltage on earth conductor.If this
voltage is not zero that indiacate a leakage to earth

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ELCB:ELCB IS AN EARTH LEAKAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER WHICH

CHEAK
THE LEAKAGE OF CURRENT TO THE EARTH AND TRY TO
BREAK THE
CIRCUIT POWER.
RCCB:RCCB IS AN RECIDUAL CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER
WHICH
CHEACK THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
TWO PHASES
IT WILL BREAK THE CICUIT POWER

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elcb means earth leakage circuit breaker which operates when

there is a leakage of current from phase to earth.

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Rccb means residual current circuit breaker which operates

when there is a difference in current between any two
phases.This differential current is called resdual current.
There are 2 types of ELCB ; voltage operated and current
operated. Current operated ELCB is RCCB or sometimes people
call RCD. Voltage operated ELCB have earth wire connect to
ELCB. It is for the ELCB to measure the leakage voltage and
will trip if the leakage voltage reach to dangerous value.
While RCCB (Current operated ELCB) monitor the different in
current between Neutral and Live(or phases). The
differential current is called residual current. RCCB will
trip if residual current reach at certain value depends on
rated RCCB sensitivity.