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Why Wye-Delta Starters Cause Breakers to Trip The reasons that closed transition units are preferable. By Robert J. Wooddall Reprinted from ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, November, 1973.? 1987 by CAHNERS PUBLISHING COMPANY. Some wye-delta starters for large motors can cause peak currents in the power system to exceed the normal trip settings of branch circuit breakers. It is the so-called open transition wye-delta starter thats the culprit. Closed transition starters do not permit this peak to occur. Both types are diagrammed in accompanying illustrations. 大电机的星－三角起动器会在供电系统中产生尖峰电流，这个电流超出了回路断路器的正常跳闸值。 Wye-Delta starting requires, as the name implies, a switching of the motor windings from one connection (wye) to another (delta). Switching the motor from wye to delta by the open transition method allows it to be completely disconnected from the power source for a brief time period before being reconnected delta. Closed transition switching maintains connection of the motor to its source during the reconnection cycle. High peak currents in the power system feeding an induction motor that is switched off and then suddenly switched on can cause unexpected disturbances in the form of circuit breaker tripping and fuse blowing. These high currents are of relatively short duration. One or two cycles is usually the time required for them to recede to a value below a level of disturbance. However, circuit breaker trips can operate in 1/4 to 1/2 cycle. The transient is therefore a problem involving protective devices and not especially one of system voltage drop. 供电回路里由于感应电机切断又突然闭合的尖峰电流会引起空开的跳闸或者保险丝的熔断等意外情况。这些大电流持续相对很短的时间。这些电流衰减到扰动以下的值需要通常是1到2个周期。但空开跳闸会在1/4或1/2周期内动作。因此这个暂态现象涉及到了保护设备和系统电压降问题。 The peak value of current occurs when a contactor closes upon a critical point on the applied voltage wave. 当一个接触器闭合在电压波峰的一个关键点上，电流尖峰值发生。 Figure 1 shows a rough idea of how the maximum peak current magnitude may add up. It must be understood that this is worst case approximation and does