residual-current device

English

Alternative forms

  • RCD
  • residual-current circuit breaker, RCCB
  • ground fault circuit interrupter, GFCI
  • ground fault interrupter, GFI
  • appliance leakage current interrupter, ALCI

Noun

residual-current device (plural residual-current devices)

  1. (electricity) An automatic circuit breaker that rapidly disconnects an electric circuit when the imbalance of the currents going through it exceeds a specific value.

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