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At 240 V the 330 kA interrupting rating covers high-fault utility feeds; at 415/440 V the 242 kA still handles most industrial transformer secondaries. The steep drop to 3.7 kA at 690 V means this breaker is not intended for 690 V main service — it's a 480/600 V class device. The 160 A frame is the same physical platform as the 3VA2163-8JQ32-0AA0 (250 A frame), but this unit ships with a 160 A electronic trip unit. If your load calc lands between 160 and 250 A, the 3VA2163 sibling is the correct choice; below 160 A this breaker gives you the full 160 A continuous without derating. The communication function (likely PROFIBUS or PROFINET via a communication module) allows remote trip indication and load monitoring, but the trip indicator is not built into this variant — rely on the communication interface or an external auxiliary contact for status feedback.","metaTitle":"Siemens 3VA2116-7KQ42-0AA0 SENTRON MCCB, 160 A, 4-Pole, 330","metaDescription":"Siemens 3VA2116-7KQ42-0AA0 SENTRON 4-pole molded case circuit breaker, 160 A continuous rating, 330 kA breaking capacity at 240 V. 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This is built into the electronic trip unit, not an add-on module."}],"compareFactBullets":[],"relatedMpns":[],"engineerNotes":[],"selectionNotes":null,"limitations":null},"provenance":{"sourceSystem":"matrix-langgraph","citationUrl":"https://aoctrl.com/siemens/3VA2116-7KQ42-0AA0","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/3VA2116-7KQ42-0AA0 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}}