Circuit breakers are at the heart of every modern power system. To ensure the systems are properly protected, it’s essential the breakers should operate correctly when called upon to do so. This means ...

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 ...

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Q: We are selling our house, and the new buyers had a home inspector check it out. One of the items he found was in the main electrical panel. He said there are two wires attached to one breaker and ...

Unlike a conventional circuit breaker, which detects overloads and short circuits, an arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) uses advanced electronic technology to sense different arcing conditions.