Circuit Breaker

US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Hong Kong Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Singapore Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions

Best Match Time: ending soonest Time: newly listed Price: lowest first Price: highest first Price + Shipping: lowest first Price + Shipping: highest first

Stairmaster 2100 LED Clubtrack 510 510Plus Circuit Breaker ON Off SKU31396 022    US $99.95

PRECOR TREADMILL OR ELLIPTICAL POWER SWITCH ON OFF CIRCUIT BREAKER 91 to 945    US $32.00

Lifefitness Pacemaster Treadmill Circuit Breaker 2 AMP    US $24.99

TREADMILL CIRCUIT BREAKER 15 AMP HealthRider IMAGE    US $14.99

Treadmill Circuit Breaker Light Commercial 15 Amp Round    US $14.99

smooth 71 Circuit Breaker reset switch Treadmill    US $14.95

Treadmill Circuit Breaker Nordic Track Pro Form Weslo    US $12.44

Vision Fitness Treadmill Circuit Breaker t9200 t9250 t9450 t9500 t9550 t9600    US $9.99

Circuit Breakers Are Very Useful

Circuit breakers have been around for a long time but nobody really realises why all of these electrical components actually come in useful.

Brief History

The idea itself came from Edison in 1879 so the circuit breaker idea has actually been around for a very long time indeed. Edison wanted to protect a circuit from accidental short-cirtcuits and overloads.

What They Do

All circuit breakers big or small have something in common when it comes to their operation but it does of course depends on the voltage class and the type of the circuit breaker itself.

The circuit breaker will not jsut shut the power off for no reason so do not get annoyed if it does this, it will do it if there is something wrong. Once the fault has been found, contacts within the breaker will open up to stop the circuit. The current can be switched off manually on many of the smaller ones.

An arc is created if a current is interrupted and this will actually be contained, cooled and then taken away in a very controlled way. This means that the gap between contacts can continue to take the voltage of the circuit.

Saving Lives

So believe it or not these circuit breakers actually save thousands of lives every single year. The problem occurs in the normal home when someone tries to plug in too many appliances to one location. It could actually be very easy for a fire to start if too many appliances are plugged in to the same place. If you had a circuit breaker then a fire could actually be avoided which of course is always a good thing. It will cut off the electricity before the wire has a chance to burn through.

So although you may not think all of those mil spec cables are important it would seem that they are.

Röyksopp - Circuit Breaker