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Data record gloss.prospective-fault-current.definition

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Prospective fault current is the current that would flow if a fault of negligible impedance occurred at a given point in an installation; the ground fault value follows from the supply voltage and the loop impedance between the line and protective conductors, and the short-circuit value from the line-to-neutral impedance.

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