ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL EXHAUST DUCT AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An electrical enclosure including a first wall having an exhaust opening, a second wall, and a third wall, the electrical enclosure comprising:
- at least one circuit breaker compartment;
a line compartment arranged between the third wall and the at least one circuit breaker compartment;
an exhaust duct extending through the electrical enclosure between the first wall and the second wall, the exhaust duct being fluidically connected to the exhaust opening and each of the at least one circuit breaker compartments; and
at least one passage extending between the line compartment and the at least one circuit breaker compartment through the exhaust duct, the at least one passage being substantially fluidically isolated from the exhaust duct.
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Abstract
An electrical enclosure includes a first wall having an exhaust opening, a second wall, and a third wall. The electrical enclosure also includes at least one circuit breaker compartment, a line compartment arranged between the third wall and the at least one circuit breaker compartment, and an exhaust duct extending through the electrical enclosure between the first wall and the second wall. The exhaust duct is fluidically connected to the exhaust opening and each of the at least one circuit breaker compartments. At least one passage extends between the line compartment and the at least one circuit breaker compartment through the exhaust duct. The at least one passage is substantially fluidically isolated from the exhaust duct.
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15 Claims
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1. An electrical enclosure including a first wall having an exhaust opening, a second wall, and a third wall, the electrical enclosure comprising:
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at least one circuit breaker compartment; a line compartment arranged between the third wall and the at least one circuit breaker compartment; an exhaust duct extending through the electrical enclosure between the first wall and the second wall, the exhaust duct being fluidically connected to the exhaust opening and each of the at least one circuit breaker compartments; and at least one passage extending between the line compartment and the at least one circuit breaker compartment through the exhaust duct, the at least one passage being substantially fluidically isolated from the exhaust duct. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of exhausting gases from an electrical enclosure including a line portion and at least one circuit breaker compartment, the method comprising:
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guiding exhaust gases from the at least one circuit breaker compartment into an exhaust duct passing through the electrical enclosure between the circuit breaker compartment and the line portion; directing the exhaust gases upwardly through an opening formed in a first wall of the electrical enclosure; and guiding a conductor from the circuit breaker compartment into the line compartment through a passage extending through, and being fluidically isolated from, the exhaust duct. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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