When a breaker trips (shuts off), it’s usually because too many things were running on one circuit at the same time and it got overloaded. So if you’re running one or more high-amperage appliances ...

Overloading electrical circuits is easier than you may think, especially around the holidays. At best, overloading the circuit is inconvenient, but it can also be dangerous. So, if you see the warning ...

What would we do without circuit breakers? For one thing, our homes would be a lot less safe. Circuit breakers are switches that disconnect electrical circuits by interrupting the current running ...

Have you ever come across a system that has tripped its circuit breaker and thought, “Great, a nice, easy service call. I’ll just need to reset the breaker and be on my way.” Well, it rarely turns out ...

One of our daughters, Jamie, was in a state of distress recently when, with her hair still wet, her electric blow dryer ceased operating. With blow dryer in one hand, a damp towel in the other and ...

Available in current ratings from 0.1 to 20 A at voltages of 250 Vac and 32 Vdc, the 3131 rocker switch/circuit breaker offers an interrupt capacity of 3,500 A at 250 Vac (2,000 A at 32 Vdc).