RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL DEVICES

Residential Electrical Devices All electrical installations must be designed, constructed and maintained to provide protection against the following. 1. Overload 2. Short circuits ( phase to phase or phase to neutral or phase to earth) 3. Electrical shock (due to Direct or Indirect contact with electricity) Miniature Circuit Breaker (MCB) Miniature Circuit Breaker is a protection device. A circuit breaker is an automatically operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by overload or short circuit. Circuit breakers are made in varying sizes, from small devices that protect an individual household appliance up to large switchgear ...