Electronic Circuit Breaker
Description
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- Electronic Circuit Breaker
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Contributor:
D.Mohankumar This circuit can sense the overload condition and breaks the power if the load increases above the set point. It is an ideal circuit to protect Uninterrupted Power Supply devices like Inverter.
Let us see its working …
The Optocoupler MCT2E and the Resistor R3 (1 Ohm 10 Watts) will do the trick. The Optocoupler has an LED and a Phototransistor inside with connecting leads. The LED of MCT2E is connected parallel to the resistor R3 with a current limiter R2 for the LED. The phototransistor of Optocoupler is connected to the transformer derived 9 volt DC through the current limiter R1. The load is connected through the Common and NC contacts of the relay. So it will work normally at power on.
As the load switches on, current flows through R3 depending on the current drawingby the load. This changes the brightness of LED inside the Optocoupler which in turn control the biasing of the phototransistor. The emitter current of phototransistor thus depends on the brightness of LED which in turn depends on the current flowing through R3 to the load.
When the load current increases, a corresponding current flow increases through R3 and a corresponding potential difference develops across R3. When the load current increases maximum, Zener diode ZD conducts and triggers the SCR. The relay then turns on and breaks the supply to the load. When the relay turns on, the buzzer beeps to indicate the over load condition. The relay remains energized due to the latching action of SCR and it can be deenergized after removing the excess load and pressing S1.
Comments (2)
yes its good
yes its good
excellent work ..thank you
excellent work ..thank you mohan for your outsatnding ideas ..
shiva kumar
hyderabad