The VW3AE0169 is a circuit breaker designed as a protection accessory for Schneider Altivar floor-standing enclosures — specifically the Altivar 71 Plus, Altivar 71 Plus-LH, Altivar 61 Plus, and Altivar 61 Plus-LH drive families. It mounts inside the cabinet to provide overcurrent protection for the drive's power section, not as a standalone panel breaker.
Schneider has marked this part obsolete. No official successor order code exists.
What It Protects
This breaker is listed for the Altivar floor-standing enclosure with separate air flows or compact version. That means it's sized for the larger cabinet-style drives — not the wall-mount IP20 units — and it handles the branch-circuit protection inside the enclosure. If you're retrofitting a line with an Altivar 71 Plus or 61 Plus cabinet, this was the factory-specified protector.