adapter sleeves (Fig. 3.1.

2) in the base and graded

diameters of the fuse contact pieces. Fuse links can only
be inserted in bases with adapter sleeves of the same or
greater rated current and can, therefore, be used by
non-technicians too (Fig. 3.1.3). The adapter sleeves
can only be installed and removed with the right
adapter sleeve keys, however, which are only available
to technicians.

Fig. 3.1.3 – Non-interchangeability

Safety information: Screw-in fuse-link systems that can be used by non-

technicians are only available for voltage and current ranges that most
non-technicians are likely to encounter in their day-to-day lives, such as
domestic electrical installations. The limits in industrial applications are
AC currents greater than 400 V and DC voltages greater than 25 V.
Restrictions also apply here for authorized persons with regard to removing and
inserting D fuses under voltage (Table 3.1).

In VDE 0105-100 the German Standards Committee Type Rated voltage Non- Auth.
K 224 defined the limits (see Table 3.1) based on techn. persons

practical experiments. (The current values D, D0 ≤ 400 V a.c. ≤ 63 A ≤ 63 A

specified in Table 3.1 are the rated currents of the D > 400 V a.c. No ≤ 16 A
fuses, not residual currents that can occur when D, D0 ≤ 25 V a.c. Yes Yes
the fuses are inserted.) As a result, D and D0 fuses 25 V to 60 V d.c. No ≤6A
with a rated current of up to 63 A can be safely D0 > 60 V to 120 V d.c. No ≤2A
changed in low-voltage distribution networks by > 120 V d.c. No No
non-technicians too. In industrial networks with > 25 V to 60 V d.c. No ≤ 16 A
voltages in excess of 400 V, this is only permitted D
> 60 V to 120 V d.c. No ≤5A
for authorized personnel at rated currents of up to > 120 V to 750 V d.c. No ≤1A

16 A. > 750 V d.c. No No

With DC currents, fuses can only be safely Table 3.1 – Permissible fuse
replacement under voltage 13)
replaced up to 25 V. With higher DC voltages,
non-technicians are generally not permitted to
replace fuses, and even authorized persons must observe strict rated current limits as of
which fuses must only be changed once the power supply has been disconnected. With
operational DC voltages greater than 25 V, even specialist technicians are forbidden to
replace fuses under voltage when AC currents greater than 6 A (NEOZED fuses (D0 fuses)) or
16 A (DIAZED fuses (D fuses)) are present.

The original expectation that the NEOZED system would eventually surpass the DIAZED
system as a new unified system remains unfulfilled to this day. It is, therefore, all the more
important for users to have a complete overview of the systems currently used in electrical
installations.

Table 3.2 provides an overview of the existing systems and their key characteristics: For the sake
of completeness, the DL system is also mentioned. This was designed in accordance with a
factory standard and is still widely used in installations in the new German federal states. Like
NDz fuses, this system uses thread size E 16, although it is not interchangeable with this system.
An adapter spring for DL screw caps allows NEOZED fuse links (size D01) to be used in existing
installations with DL fuse bases.

14 13)
Explanations of VDE 0105-100