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To protect the wiring from overheating and catching on fire.

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The term, 'switchgear', describes a variety of switching devices including circuit breakers and isolators (disconnects).

A circuit breaker is an overcurrent protection device. Overcurrents are overload currents (due to too much load for a given circuit) or short-circuit currents (due to electrical faults).

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