Temperature characteristics analysis of HIV partial disconnection wire
Dae-Dong Lee, Jae-Myung Shim, Yu-Sung Lee, Yun-Mi Jeong, Young-Dal Kim · Journal of the Korean Physical Society · 2015
Electric fires are caused mainly due to short circuits, overloads, and electric leakage. Of the causes, short circuits are caused by deteriorated insulation, poor contacts, and pressure damage. A partially disconnected wire refers to the status in which the wire section is partially cut, thus reducing the contact area compared to the normal state. Causes of partially disconnected wires, e.g ., poor wire contacts and pressure damage, occur mostly in the wiring and in the device’s contact area, and they locally increase the resistance, thus triggering thermal changes. Thus, this study simulated damage to a 450/750 V heat-resistant polyvinyl-chloride-insulated (HIV) wire used for preventing electric fires and analyzed the temperature characteristics of normal wires and partially disconnected wires.