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Which faults gives rise to symmetrical fault currents?

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Which faults gives rise to symmetrical fault currents?
  • ASingle line to ground
  • BLine to line fault
  • CDouble line to ground fault
  • DThree phase fault
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In symmetrical or balanced three-phase faults, all three phases are simultaneously short-circuited.

LLLG fault is a symmetrical fault. LG, LL, LLG faults are asymmetrical faults.

So, three-phase faults give symmetrical fault currents.