Which outcome occurs when excessive harmonics corrupt the zero-crossing signal used by a three-phase transformer's breaker?

💡 Explanation

Excessive harmonics distort the zero-crossing detection, preventing accurate fault identification; this causes spurious breaker trips, because the synchronization deteriorates, therefore generating false positives rather than correctly discriminating faults.

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