Talking to a customer the other day, he mentioned that in Europe, the
breakers in panel boards are already derated.  Meaning, here in the states,
NEC requires that a breaker that is rated 30A, be derated to 80% or the
capacity of 24A for continious duty.  But in Europe, a 30A breaker can
actually provide 30A continious, no derated value.  Is this true?  Now of
course, this doesn't say that a 30A breaker in the states can't run the full
30A continious, just by code you are not supposed to.

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