Trip curve C — what it means on the line
Curve C trips between 5 and 10 times rated current (50–100 A for this 10 A unit). It won't nuisance-trip on a motor's inrush the way a curve B would, but it clears faster on a hard short than a curve D would. For a panel feeding general-purpose outlets and light equipment, curve C is the middle ground that usually just works.
Rated 277 VAC line-to-neutral (common for 277/480 V wye systems in commercial lighting) and 60 VDC for DC branch circuits. The interrupting capacity holds across both — 6 kA AC, 10 kA DC — so it's rated for the fault current available at most panelboards downstream of a 100 A or 200 A service.
