Which outcome occurs when a fault current exceeds interrupting capacity in a large electrical power distribution system?

💡 Explanation

When fault current exceeds interrupting capacity, circuit breakers cannot clear the fault via arc quenching, leading to continued current flow and overheating, causing protected device failure. Therefore protective device failure and system instability results, rather than surge, efficiency gains, or harmonic distortion, which involve different causes.

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