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1 .1 Medium Voltage Switchgear Introduction Indoor Type VCP-W Metal-Clad Switchgear Assembly (5/15 kv shown) Product Selection Guide Product Offering Chart Metal-Enclosed Contents Description Notes Additional products not shown include medium voltage transfer, high resistance ground and low profile switchgear. Listings are voltage dependant. See individual product sheets for detail. Product Selection Guide Description MVS MEB MSB UPC Mini-MVS Voltage 5, 15, 27, 38 kv 5, 15 kv 5, 15 kv 5, 15 kv 5 kv only Operation duty cycle Low High High Low Low Enclosure Indoor, outdoor aisleless Indoor, outdoor aisleless Indoor, outdoor aisleless Indoor only Indoor, outdoor aisleless Listed UL, CSA UL, CSA Assembly standards ANSI/IEEE, C , C37..4, CSA 22.2 #31 ANSI/IEEE, C , C37..4, CSA 22.2 #31 ANSI/IEEE, C , C37..4, CSA 22.2 #31 Circuit breaker type N/A VCP-W VCP-TR (5, 15 kv), VCP-W 27 kv N/A N/A Circuit breaker mounted N/A Drawout Fixed N/A N/A Seismically rated Zone 4 to California Building Code Title 24 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ANSI/IEEE, C , C37..4, CSA 22.2 #31 BIL ratings 60 kv (5 kv) 60 kv (5 kv) 60 kv (5 kv) 60 kv (5 kv) 60 kv (5 kv) 95 kv (15 kv) 95 kv (15 kv) 95 kv (15 kv) 95 kv (15 kv) 125 kv (27 kv) 125 kv (27 kv) 150 kv (38 kv) Main bus ratings 800, 10A (5/15/27/38 kv) 800, 10A (5/15 kv) 800, 10A (5/15/27 kv) N/A N/A, cable in, cable out application Breaker ratings N/A 10A (5/15 kv) 600, 800, 10A (5/15/27 kv) N/A N/A Overcurrent protective device Yes (fused) Yes Yes Yes (fused) Yes (fused) Short-circuit interrupting capacity Per fuse IC 29, 41, 63 ka (5 kv) 16,, 25, 40 ka (5/15 kv) Per fuse IC Per fuse IC 18, 28, 37, 63 ka (15 kv) 25 ka (27 kv) Conduit entry Top or bottom Top or bottom Top or bottom Top or bottom Top or bottom 128 Volume 3 Power Distribution and Control Assemblies CA E December 10 For Immediate Delivery or Tech Support call KMParts.com at (866)

2 Medium Voltage Switchgear Introduction.1 Product Offering Chart Metal-Clad Description MVA Standard Narrow Design MVA Arc Resistant Voltage 5, 15, 27, 38 kv 5 kv 5, 15, 27, 38 kv Operation duty cycle High High High Enclosure Indoor (5 38 kv) Indoor only Indoor only Outdoor aisleless (5 27 kv) Outdoor aisle (5 15 kv) Outdoor common aisle (5 15 kv) Outdoor aisle Listed UL, CSA UL, CSA CSA only Assembly standards ANSI/IEEE, C37.04, C37.06, C37.54, C37..2, C37.55, CSA 22.2 #31 ANSI/IEEE, C37.04, C37.06, C37.54, C37..2, C37.55, CSA 22.2 #31 Circuit breaker type VCP-W VCP-W ND VCP-W Notes Additional products not shown include medium voltage transfer, high resistance ground and low profile switchgear. Listings are voltage dependant. See individual product sheets for detail. Ratings are arc ratings, not interrupting capacity. ANSI/IEEE, C37.04, C37.06, C37.54, C37..2, C37..7, C37.55, CSA 22.2 #31 Circuit breaker mounted 5 kv drawout, direct roll-in breaker option Drawout 5 kv only 5 kv drawout, direct roll-in breaker option Seismically rated Zone 4 to California Building Code Title kv drawout, direct roll-in breaker option 15 kv drawout, direct roll-in breaker option 27 kv drawout, direct roll-in breaker option 27 kv drawout, direct roll-in breaker option 38 kv direct roll-in breakers 38 kv direct roll-in breakers Yes Yes Yes BIL ratings 60 kv (5 kv) 60 kv (5 kv only) 60 kv (5 kv) 95 kv (15 kv) 95 kv (15 kv) 125 kv (27 kv) 125 kv (27 kv) 170 kv (38 kv) 170 kv (38 kv) Main bus ratings 10, 00, 3000, 4000A (5 kv) 10A (5 kv only) 10, 00, 3000A (5 kv) 10, 00, 3000, 4000A (15 kv) 00A, 3000A 10, 00, 3000A (15 kv) 10, 00A (27 kv) 10, 00A (27 kv) 10, 00, 3000A depending on ka rating (38 kv) 10, 00, 3000A (38 kv) Breaker ratings 10, 00, 3000A (5 kv) 10A (5 kv only) 10, 00, 3000A (5 kv) 10, 00, 3000A (15 kv) 10, 00, 3000A (15 kv) 10, 00A (27 kv) 10, 00A (27 kv) 10, 1600, 2500A depending on ka rating (38 kv) 10A (38 kv) Overcurrent protective device Yes Yes Yes Short-circuit interrupting capacity 29, 41, 63 ka (5 kv) 29 ka (5 kv) 37 ka (5 kv) 33 ka (8.25 kv) 18, 28, 37, 63 ka 37 ka (15 kv) 16, 22, 25, 40 ka 25 ka (27 kv) 16, 21, 25, 32, 40 ka (38 kv) 25 ka (38 kv) 40, 50, 63 ka (5 kv) 40, 50, 63 ka (15 kv) 25, 40 ka (27 kv) 25, 40 ka (38 kv) Conduit Entry Top or bottom Top or bottom Top or bottom Volume 3 Power Distribution and Control Assemblies CA E December For Immediate Delivery or Tech Support call KMParts.com at (866)

3 A Additional, 1-2 aisle, 2 aisleless, 1-2 and, 1-2 ANSI, 1-2 application, 1 Arc, 2 arc, 2 are, 1-2 ASeismically, 1 Assemblies, 1-2 Assembly, 1-2 at, 1-2 B BIL, 1-2 bottom, 1-2 Breaker, 1-2 breaker, 1-2 breakers, 2 Building, 1-2 bus, 1-2 C CA, 1-2 cable, 1 California, 1-2 call, 1-2 capacity, 1-2 Chart, 1-2 Circuit, 1-2 circuit, 1-2 Clad, 1-2 Code, 1-2 com, 1-2 common, 2 Conduit, 1-2 Contents, 1 Control, 1-2 CSA, 1-2 cycle, 1-2 D December, 1-2 Delivery, 1-2 dependant, 1-2 depending, 2 Description, 1-2

4 Design, 2 detail, 1-2 device, 1-2 direct, 2 Distribution, 1-2 Drawout, 1-2 drawout, 2 duty, 1-2 E eaton, 1-2 Enclosed, 1 Enclosure, 1-2 Entry, 2 entry, 1 F Fixed, 1 For, 1-2 for, 1-2 fuse, 1 fused, 1 G ground, 1-2 Guide, 1 H High, 1-2 high, 1-2 I IC, 1 IEEE, 1-2 Immediate, 1-2 in, 1-2 include, 1-2 individual, 1-2 Indoor, 1-2 interrupting, 1-2 Introduction, 1-2 K ka, 1-2 KMParts, 1-2 kv, 1-2 L Listed, 1-2 Listings, 1-2 Low, 1 low, 1-2 M Main, 1-2 MEB, 1 Medium, 1-2 medium, 1-2 Metal, 1-2 Mini, 1 mounted, 1-2 MSB, 1 MVA, 2

5 MVS, 1 N Narrow, 2 ND, 2 not, 1-2 Notes, 1-2 R rated, 1-2 rating, 2 Ratings, 2 ratings, 1-2 resistance, 1-2 Resistant, 2 roll, 2 O Offering, 1-2 on, 2 only, 1-2 Operation, 1-2 option, 2 or, 1-2 out, 1 Outdoor, 2 outdoor, 1 Overcurrent, 1-2 P Per, 1 Power, 1-2 Product, 1-2 product, 1-2 products, 1-2 profile, 1-2 protective, 1-2 S See, 1-2 Seismically, 2 Selection, 1 sheets, 1-2 Short, 1-2 shown, 1-2 Standard, 2 standards, 1-2 Support, 1-2 Switchgear, 1-2 switchgear, 1-2 T Tech, 1-2 Title, 1-2 to, 1-2 Top, 1-2 TR, 1 transfer, 1-2 Type, 1 type, 1-2

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