Circuit breakers

Circuit breakers

Industry: Electrical equipment

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Circuit breakers

transformer

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

A static device with primary winding, connected in series with the conductor (bus) carrying the current to be measured or controlled within the switchgear.

two-step stored energy mechanism

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

See stored energy mechanism.

Provides continuous temperature rise status of the wiring for a period of time both before and after the device trips. This allows the circuit breaker to respond to a series of overload conditions ...

close button

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

A button for manually closing the main contacts after the closing springs are charged.

circuit breaker frame

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

(1) The circuit breaker housing which contains the current carrying components, the current sensing components, and the tripping and operating mechanism. (2) That portion of an interchangeable trip ...