Varistor products – Littelfuse FBMOV Varistor Series User Manual
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Revised: May 8, 2013
Varistor Products
FBMOV Varistor Series
Industrial High Energy Terminal Varistors > FBMOV Series
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Please refer to www.littelfuse.com/series/ba or /bb.html for current information.
For applications exceeding 85° C, ambient temperatures, the peak
surge current and energy rating must be reduces as shown in
Figure 1.
Peak Current, Energy and Power De-rating Curve
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
-55
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140 150
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (
o
C)
PERCENT OF R
A
TED
V
ALUE
100
90
50
10
O
1
T
T
1
T
2
TIME
PERCENT OF PEAK
V
ALUE
Peak Pulse Current Test Waveform
0
1
= Virtual Origin of Wave
T = Time from 10% to 90% of Peak
T
1
= Rise Time = 1.25 x T
T
2
= Decay Time
Example - For an 8/20 μs Current Waveform:
8μs = T
1
= Rise Time
20μs = T
2
= Decay Time
FBMOV Series Ratings & Specifications
Part
Number
Maximum Rating (85°C)
Specifications (25°C)
Continuous
Transient
Varistor Voltage at 1mA
DC Test Current
Maximum
Clamping Volt
V
C
at 200A
Current (8/20μs)
Typical
Capaci-
tance f =
1MHz
AC Volts
DC Volts
Energy
(2ms)
Peak
Current
8 x 20μs
V
M(AC)RMS
V
M(DC)
W
TM
I
TM
Min
V
N(DC)
Max
V
C
C
(V)
(V)
(J)
(A) (V)
(V)
(V)
(V)
(pF)
FBMOV115M
115
150
340
40000
162
180 198
295
6400
FBMOV130M
130
170
380
40000
184
205 226
335
5600
FBMOV140M
140
180
420
40000
200
220 240
355
5000
FBMOV150M
150
200
440
40000
216
240 264
390
4600
FBMOV175M
175
225
500
40000
243
270 297
450
3800
FBMOV230M
230
300
600
40000
324
360 396
585
3000
FBMOV250M
250
320
660
40000
351
390 429
640
2800
FBMOV275M
275
350
700
40000
387
430 473
700
2500
FBMOV300M
300
385
740
40000
423
470 517
765
2300
FBMOV320M
320
420
780
40000
459
510 561
825
2160
FBMOV385M
385
505
860
40000
558
620 682
1010
1800
FBMOV420M
420
560
920
40000
612
680 748
1100
1640
FBMOV440M
440
585
940
40000
643
715 787
1160
1580
FBMOV460M
460
615
980
40000
675
750 825
1220
1500
FBMOV510M
510
670
1040
40000
738
820 902
1335
1360
FBMOV550M
550
745
1100
40000
819
910 1001
1475
1260
FBMOV625M
625
825
1200
40000
900
1000 1100
1625
1110
FBMOV750M
750
970
1340
40000
1080
1200 1320
1950
920
NOTE: Average power dissipation of transients not to exceed 2.5W. See Figures 3 and 4 for more information on power dissipation.