OUTLINE OF INVESTIGATION FOR US NAVAL COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) DESIGNATED MOLDED-CASE CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND ACCESSORIES FOR USE ON NON-NUCLEAR NAVAL COMBATANT SHIPS (Issue 1)
These requirements cover commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)@ three-pole and four-pole molded-case circuit breakers and applicable accessories (undervoltage trip release devices@ shunt trip release devices@ electrical (motor) operators@ auxiliary switches@ plug-in mounting adapter blocks/bases@ drawout cassette) intended for use aboard non-nuclear Naval combatant ships in electrical assemblies (switchboards and load centers) installed on shock isolators (mounts). Successful initial qualification testing and requalification testing of circuit breakers/accessories to the requirements of this Outline shall allow their use in shock-mounted electrical assemblies in non-nuclear Naval combatant ships.