It carries a 50 A continuous rating at 40 °C, with a slight thermal derating curve: still 50 A at 50 °C, dropping to 45 A at 70 °C.
Breaking capacity across voltages
This MCCB's breaking capacity varies significantly with system voltage: 154 kA at 415 V, 121 kA at 440 V, and 17 kA at both 500 V and 690 V. That 17 kA floor at higher voltages is still adequate for most industrial 690 V circuits, but the real strength is in the 240–440 V range where it handles extreme fault currents.
Shunt trip and basic switch
The auxiliary release is a shunt trip (STL), allowing remote tripping from a control signal. The supplied basic switch is order code 3VA11506EF320AA0, which is the base switching mechanism this breaker ships with.
