Is a circuit breaker the same as a safety switch?
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no a circuit breaker provides over current protection and short circuit protection. A safety switch is a switch that kills any electrical and or machine ie the door safety switch on your microwave is a example when you open the door not only does it turn the light on but shuts off the tube preventing you from being cooked
it is not
A safety switch is a switch that will disable a piece of equipment if there is an emergency, you see them at gas station as emergency cut off switch. A breaker is a device that interrupts an electrical circuit if there is a over current condition. A safety switch usually requires somebody to switch it off manually. The circuit breaker disconnects with out the aid of an external being.
No it isn't a safety switch turns the power off to one piece of epuipment. A circuit breaker cuts the power to everything connected to it. For instance, safety switches are often used to turn off a furnace, but they dont't cut the power to the whole house or room. Circut breakers do that.
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