Troubleshooting a Circuit Breaker

Steve SkinnerCover Story, Spring 2020 Cover Story

Circuit breakers are like the offensive line on a football team. Unless you have some knowledge of the game, you know they are there, but you have very little idea of what they do, how they do it, or why they do it. Circuit breakers are electromechanical devices required to control high-voltage (HV) electrical power networks. Circuit breakers switch circuits …