What this MCCB brings to the panel
The Siemens SENTRON 3VA2010-5HN32-0AD0 is a 3-pole molded case circuit breaker rated for 100 A continuous current (Iu) with an ETU350 electronic trip unit. It's built for line protection — meaning it sits upstream protecting feeder cables and downstream distribution from overloads and short circuits. The breaking capacity is serious: 187 kA at 240 V, 121 kA at 415 V and 440 V, 79 kA at 500 V, and still 3.4 kA at 690 V. That kind of interrupting ability at the lower voltages tells you it's meant for high-fault panels where an ordinary MCCB would weld shut. The ETU350 is an electronic trip unit with adjustable settings, not a fixed thermal-magnetic — so you can dial in the long-time pickup, short-time pickup, and instantaneous thresholds to coordinate with downstream breakers. That's the difference between a breaker that trips blind and one that lets you hold selectivity. The 3VA2 frame size (105 mm wide, 181 mm tall, 86 mm deep) fits standard panel-mount cutouts; the IP40 front means it's splash-protected on the face, but don't hose it down — this is a dry-gear breaker.
Thermal derating — what the 100 A means at panel ambient
The 3VA2010-5HN32-0AD0 carries a full 100 A from 40 °C up to 50 °C. At 55 °C it's 96.25 A, at 60 °C it's 92.5 A, at 65 °C it's 88.75 A, and at 70 °C it's 85 A. If your panel runs hot — say a motor control center in a foundry or a compressor house — the 70 °C derate to 85 A is the number to spec against. The maximum operating ambient is 70 °C, storage from -40 °C to 80 °C. That's a wide thermal window; it'll survive a cold warehouse and a hot enclosure.
Auxiliary contacts and trip unit
This breaker ships with three auxiliary switches (HQ version) — that gives you three sets of form-C contacts for status feedback to a PLC, alarm annunciator, or remote monitoring. No undervoltage release, no shunt trip, no ground-fault module fitted from the factory. The ETU350 trip unit handles the overcurrent protection; the breaker itself has no voltage trigger, no phase-failure detection, and no communication function. It's a straightforward line-protection MCCB — you wire the load, set the trip thresholds, and it sits there interrupting faults until the end of its 20,000-cycle mechanical life.