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What is a breaker and what is it used for?
An electrical breaker is a safety device used to open a circuit that has an electrical fault on it.
What is a reusable safety switch that breaks the circuit when the current gets too high?
In the electrical trade, this device is known as a circuit breaker.
What is the purpus of a circute breaker?
The purpose of a circuit breaker is to protect electrical circuits from short circuiting.
What can a loosely connected electrical wire in a breaker panel cause?
A short, which will trip the main breaker.
Circuit breaker trip cause smoke will homeowner insurance pay for it?
A circuit breaker does not "cause" smoke. A circuit breaker "breaks" a circuit when there is too much current, creating a hazardous condition for the wires that are connected to the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker PROTECTS you from electrical fire. Find the source of the smoke; what burned? If a circuit breaker tripped during the incident, it is usually caused by melting/burning wire insulation, either inside or outside of an appliance. If the insulation inside the walls of your house has burned/melted, it could be that the circuit breaker was too large for the wire or that the circuit breaker failed to shut off at the appropriate current load. If the circuit breaker failed, your insurance should help you. If an appliance overloaded the circuit, your insurance should help you. If someone connected an oversized circuit breaker, causing the wire to overheat, your insurance company may refuse to help you.
What is an alternative to using a fuse?
An alternative to using a fuse is to use an electrical circuit breaker.
Why does a lawn mower keep popping the relay circut breaker?
you have a short to ground in the electrical circuit that that breaker is on.
What is the distance needed around a electrical breaker box?
100
What devices do not protect you from electrical fires?
circuit breaker
Why does the electrical breaker trip after three or four days of use?
Amps rating is miss-match & due to loose contact over heat OR mechanism it self failed. In three phase part load unbalance in each phase.
What electrical devices can be reset and used again?
An electrical safety device that can be reset and used again fits the description of an electrical circuit breaker.
What electrical principle is used in a magnetic breaker?
megnetic field and current
