Making capacity of the circuit breaker depends on

(A) operating voltage (B) short circuit MVA

(C) fault current (D) All of the above

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Making capacity of the circuit breaker depends on

(A) operating voltage (B) short circuit MVA

(C) fault current (D) All of the above

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