What is a Circuit Breaker?

What is a Circuit Breaker? 

Basically, circuit breakers are an essential part of an electrical circuit. Circuit breakers are devices used as protective switches to pass current with tripping conditions. When it detects a trip condition, the circuit breaker opens its contact and isolates the input and output voltages from contacting each other.
And the basic function of circuit breakers is to interrupt the current after a fault is detected. It remains open until the user resets the trip.

Common Types of Industrial Circuit Breakers is a

  • MCB (Mini Circuit Breaker) 
  • MCCB (Molded Case Circuit Breaker) 
  • RCCB (Residual Current Circuit Breaker) 
  • RCBO (Residual Current Circuit Breaker with Overcurrent) 
  • MPCB ​​(Motor Protection Circuit Breaker) 
  • VCB (Vacuum Circuit Breaker) 
  • SF6 (Sulfur Hexafluoride Circuit Breaker)
  • Oil circuit breaker

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