Your circuit breaker is not supposed to be a daily annoyance you grudgingly reset on the way to making coffee. When it starts ...

When a circuit is pushed past its limits, it rarely fails politely. It signals trouble through tripped breakers, hot outlets, ...

Man looking at an open electrical panel in a home - Photoalto/eric Audras/Getty Images Imagine you're relaxing in your living room — the lights are on, the TV is streaming your current favorite show, ...

Overloading electrical circuits is easier than you may think, especially around the holidays. At best, overloading the circuit is inconvenient, but it can also be dangerous. So, if you see the warning ...

Have you ever come across a system that has tripped its circuit breaker and thought, “Great, a nice, easy service call. I’ll just need to reset the breaker and be on my way.” Well, it rarely turns out ...

Available in current ratings from 0.1 to 20 A at voltages of 250 Vac and 32 Vdc, the 3131 rocker switch/circuit breaker offers an interrupt capacity of 3,500 A at 250 Vac (2,000 A at 32 Vdc).

The project is designed to shut down the power supply when it is overloaded. Conventional circuit breaker like MCB based is on thermal bimetal lever trip mechanism. The project is designed to shut ...