That keeps the motor winding below damaging temperature while the breaker clears the fault. At 690 V it still clears 2 kA, which covers most industrial networks.
Mounting position is any. Clearances: 20 mm above and below, 9 mm to the side, zero forward or backward — no extra air gap needed beyond the standard DIN-rail spacing. Main circuit terminals are M3 screw-type, accepting 2× (0.5–1.5 mm²) or 2× (0.75–2.5 mm²) solid or stranded.
Backup fuse requirements
When the prospective short-circuit current exceeds the breaker's rated breaking capacity, a backup fuse is required. At 400 V use a gL/gG 20 A fuse; at 500 V and 690 V use gL/gG 16 A. At 240 V no backup fuse is needed.
