Testing a circuit breaker is about judging reliability under fault conditions, not just checking continuity or voltage. A ...

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A circuit breaker that trips repeatedly is often assumed to be defective, but that assumption is frequently wrong. Breakers respond to conditions downstream, and replacing one without understanding ...

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