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Circuit breakers

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Circuit breakers

Push-to-open button

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

A button for manually opening the circuit breaker.

Sensor

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

The current sensing element within the circuit breaker which provides the sensing function for that circuit breaker.

Secondary disconnect contacts

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

An electrical plug-on connector in the secondary (control) circuit between a drawout circuit breaker and its cradle in the switchboard or switchgear.

Safety shutter

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

A device that closes to block access to the main disconnects when the circuit breaker is in the disconnected, test or withdrawn position.

Restraint interface module (RIM)

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

A component which allows zoneselective interlocking communication between Square D full-function electronic trip systems, add-on ground-fault modules and zero-sequence ground-fault relays.

Residual ground-fault sensing

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

A means of providing equipment groundfault protection utilising sensors on each individual phase.

Remote reset after fault (RES)

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

A component which resets the overcurrent trip switch (SDE) and the mechanical operator after tripping.

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