Oil Cutout


Electrical Code… Over 1000 V…

Oil Cutout (Oil-Filled Cutout)

A cutout in which all or part of the fuse support and its fuse link or disconnecting blade is mounted in oil with complete immersion of the contacts and the fusible portion of the conducting element (fuse link) so that arc interruption by severing of the fuse link or by opening of the contacts will occur under oil.

(National Electrical Code® 100-2)