Main Components of a Circuit Breaker
- Major parts and subassemblies of molded and insulated case breakers may include:
- Contact saddle with gang-operated contact holders and contacts
- Switching mechanism
- Phase barriers
- Molded or insulated case, bottom or base
- Case cover, sometimes including manual operating lever
- Sometimes removable and sometimes stationary polebases with stationary contacts mounted
- Line and load conductive pads, connectors, braids
- Trip unit(s), programmers
- Current sensors or current transformers
- Flux shifter
- Trip bar
- Accessories and auxiliaries, shunt trip, undervoltage release, aux contacts, aux switch
- Charging motor or motor operator
- Fuses on control power or for current limiting
- Terminals or lugs
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