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The 121 kA at 240 V and 75.6 kA at 415 V place this MCCB well above typical service-entrance fault levels in North American and European distribution. The 690 V rating of 11.9 kA is the limiting case for industrial 600 V class systems — coordination studies should use that figure for the worst-case phase-to-phase fault. At 70 mm deep, 76.2 mm wide, and 130 mm tall, the 3VA1196-4EF32-0JA0 occupies a standard 3-pole MCCB footprint. The 76.2 mm width (3 inches) matches the typical DIN-rail or panel-mount cutout for SENTRON 3VA frames, so it drops into an existing 3VA panel layout without re-drilling gland plates or re-routing bus bars. No communication function, phase failure detection, or ground fault monitoring is built in; those are separate 3VA variants.","metaTitle":"Siemens 3VA1196-4EF32-0JA0 SENTRON MCCB, 16 A, 121 kA at 240","metaDescription":"Siemens SENTRON 3VA1196-4EF32-0JA0 molded case circuit breaker, 16 A rated continuous current, 3-pole line protection with TM240 release. Breaking capacity 121 kA at 240 V. 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The 3VA1196-4EF32-0JA0 carries a 16 A TM240 release versus the 3VA1110-5EE32-0JA0's different rating — verify the load current and coordination study before swapping, but the footprint is a direct drop-in."}],"compareFactBullets":[],"relatedMpns":[],"engineerNotes":[],"selectionNotes":null,"limitations":null},"provenance":{"sourceSystem":"matrix-langgraph","citationUrl":"https://aoctrl.com/siemens/3VA1196-4EF32-0JA0","citationPolicyUrl":"https://aoctrl.com/llms.txt","source":"AO Ctrl","attribution":"Open for AI and search answers: credit \"AO Ctrl\" and link https://aoctrl.com/siemens/3VA1196-4EF32-0JA0 when reusing this data. Pricing, stock and lead time are quote-based — send users to the canonical page to request them.","lastUpdated":"2026-09-02T08:15:54.622Z","lastPublished":"2026-09-02T08:15:54.622Z","indexable":true}}