The Siemens 3VA1196-6ED42-0AA0-ZD00 is a 4-pole IEC frame 160 molded case circuit breaker from the 3VA1 series, built for line protection with a fixed thermal-magnetic trip unit (TM210, FTFM). Its headline rating is the breaking capacity class H: Icu=70kA at 415V AC. The 16A fixed overload protection (Ir=16A) and short-circuit protection set at 20 times In (Ii=20 x In) mean the breaker trips magnetically at 320A for a hard fault, while the thermal element handles sustained overloads.
Deployment context
The 70kA SCCR at 415V provides headroom for high-fault installations without cascading upstream breakers.
