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Fuses, isolators, contactors and circuit breakers are the main components of switchgears.
Fuse is a device which protects the electrical wires, cables and other electrical equipment against
overloading and short circuit. It contains a fuse element which breaks the circuit by melting it.
Isolator is a simple switchgear device with limited application and basically used to visibly
isolate a section of electric circuit or installation from the rest. It is also known as disconnect or
isolating switch. Lastly, circuit breaker is an automatic device capable of making and breaking an
electric circuit under normal and abnormal condition in the event of overloading or short circuits.
Switchgear has a proven record of reliability and performance failures are rare, but there
are precautions that should be taken to ensure the safety of personnel working with or in the area
of switchgear. Older types of switchgear have with time been proven to be deficient in some
areas. This together with changing system fault levels and poor or no maintenance can lead to
high safety risks to personnel in aged switchgear installations. This risk can be largely eliminated
by performing system studies followed by remedial actions such as retrofitting aged installations
with modern circuit breakers, high speed protection systems, remote switching or ultimately the
Internal Arc Fault feature.
switchgears, application and operation of switchgear and the functions of current and voltage
transformers and net metering.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Electrical circuit breaker - is a switching device which can be operated manually as well as
automatically for controlling and protection of electrical power system respectively.
transformers are commonly used in metering and protective relays in the electrical power
industry.