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Circuit breaker–A Must-Have Device For The Safety of Your Home

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Circuit breakers are an indispensable part of the protection system of all types of the electrical network. In the event of a short circuit or overload, they disconnect the circuit, thus, preventing any damage to the network as well as its equipment. You can find a wide range of circuit breakers ranging from large devices for protecting high-voltage circuits in utility and industrial networks to miniature circuit breakers for protecting a single appliance.     A circuit breaker you choose must carry a high load without heating. They can withstand the mechanical and thermal effects triggered by the maximum short circuit current flowing through the circuit. If the circuit is opened, it generates an internal arc between the receding contacts that the breaker must extinguish, contain, and cool in a controlled way.    The market is flooded with different types of circuit breakers that are differentiated by the following:   The way in which the mechanism releases the latch is generated. In h