circuit breaker
automatically operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by excess current from an overload or short circuit
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circuit breaker
Summary
circuit breaker ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,493 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- circuit breaker is a type of overcurrent protection[2].
- circuit breaker is a type of protect switch[3].
- circuit breaker's Commons category is recorded as Circuit breakers[4].
- circuit breaker's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as power=switch[5].
- circuit breaker's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as switch=circuit_breaker[6].
- circuit breaker's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
- circuit breaker's has characteristic is recorded as breaking capacity[8].
- circuit breaker's has characteristic is recorded as tripping characteristic[9].
- circuit breaker's has characteristic is recorded as Q31836033[10].
- circuit breaker's has characteristic is recorded as colloquial expression[11].
- circuit breaker's different from is recorded as fuse[12].
- circuit breaker's different from is recorded as trading curb[13].
- circuit breaker's MCN code is recorded as 8536.20.00[14].
- circuit breaker's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include overcurrent protection[2] and protect switch[3].
Why It Matters
circuit breaker ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,493 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]