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Can a Circuit Breaker be Shorted from the Input Side?

 

Let's say that a PSX circuit breaker is wired directly to an NCE booster?along with a Digitrax AR1 which is independently wired to the same NCE booster?
such that the AR1 is not wired downstream of the PSX.??

If a dead short occurs in the reversing section powered from the AR1,?the AR1 will continually trip?as the NCE booster constantly resets trying to resolve the short.?During these constant attempts by the booster to reset, is there any adverse?effect on the PSX since clean power is not reaching the input side of the PSX? Or does the PSX remain unaffected by the dead short?

In such circumstances, could the short find its way into the output side of the PSX?

Thank you.

Rich
 

Rich, once the booster trips all power is lost to the rest of the layout¡­ (booster district) including that to the input, and therefore also the output, of any PSX-AR also also wired from that same booster. So yeah, power will be lost to that AR section as well but no harm will be caused as the booster and all CB and AR circuits attempt to recycle and restart/recover.


DonV
 

Thanks very much, Don. That is what I need to know.?

Rich

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