DISTRIBUTION BOARD :

OVERCURRENT PROTECTION DEVICES

-The distribution board is an assemblage of parts

including one or more fuses or circuit breakers,
arranged for the distribution of electrical energy to
final circuits or to other distribution boards.
- Main function of distribution board is to protect the
circuit and electrical equipment.

Figure: Distribution board.

Figure :below shows a 1 pole

and neutral, 4 way.

i. Main Switch ( Suis

utama )
- Main switch is mecanical control
to open
and conect the circuit manualy.
-Two types of main swithch :
a. Switch fuse .
- Domestic use.
b. Fuse switch.
- Have switch and fuse.
Example : Single Pole and
Neutral ( SPN )
Triple Pole and
Neutral ( TPN )

Fuse switch.

Fuse switch.

ii . Circuit Breaker .
Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker. ( ELCB )
Pemutus Litar Bocor ke Bumi. ( PLBB )
Residual Current Circuit Breaker ( RCCB)
- Two type of ELCB .
a. Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker . Current control.
b. Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker . Voltage control.

Figure : RCCB use in wiring system

Figure : Circuit breaker for final user circuits

Figure: RCCB

iii. Miniature Circuit Breaker ( MCB)

Pemutus Litar Miniatur
These are increasingly used for excess-current
protection in single phase, 240 V circuits. The circuit
breaker is essentially a switch which may be;
(a) Opened and closed by hand.
(b) Opened automatically when overloaded.
The tripping action may be either magnetic or thermal.
In general both of these actions are used in this type of
circuit breaker.
Protection against sustained overcurrent is given by
the bending of bi-metal strip with its time-lag effect,
while high speed protection against a short circuit have
given by magnetic operation .

Jenis magnet terma:

Pelantik akan terkendali dalam jangkamasa
lama. Kendalian akan dilakukan oleh alat
sesentuh dwilogam (bimetal). Apabila arus
lebih melaluinya, bahan logam yang satu
akan pelantik dan terlepas daripada
sentuhan lalu mengendali pelantik sistem
mekanisma suis ke arah OFF.
Pelantikan serta merta dikendalikan oleh satu
alat elektromagnet bagi beban lebih di
sekitar 10 x kadaran arusnya.

Size of MCB :
3 Amp - Bell circuit , circuit outlet in toilet.
6 Amp - Lighting circuit.
20 Amp - Circuit outlet 2 unit in serial , air
cond,
32 Amp - Circuit outlet in ring circuit look at MS
IEC 60430.
Cooking control unit.
40Amp -

100 Amp -

Figure : Graph of time current characteristics ( time

vs current )

Final circuit

Figure : Conection of DB.

N L

-Use the diversity factor ( faktor keperbagaian ) to calculate and MCB rati
Example :

- Use the pandaflour light ( lampu kalimantang ) 40 W. And voltage supp

Try to calculate ,how many light can use as MCB is 6 Amp. ?

Example : Figure of final circuit.

Thank you