Celda, John Patrick M.

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EE137 – A19

DEFINE THE FOLLOWING AND INCLUDE PICTURE OF EACH EQUIPMENT OR

DEVICE:
1. Circuit Breaker
= A circuit breaker is an electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from
damage caused by overcurrent/overload or short circuit. Its basic function is to interrupt
current flow after protective relays detect a fault.

2. Lightning Arrester
= A Lightning Arrester is a protective equipment that protects electrical equipment from high
voltage surges caused by lightning strikes. They are usually installed at the top of
transmission poles and buildings and provide an easy path for the surge voltage from
lightning to flow to ground.
3. Air Break Switches / Isolator
= An “air break switch’ is a switchgear device that uses air as the dielectric. Air Break
Switches (ABS) are widely installed throughout distribution networks for use as both
isolation or switching points.

4. Insulator
= Insulators are mainly used in applications where the prevention of the flow of electric
charges is required. These materials work as effective non-conductors since they lack
movable electric charges required to propagate electric current. Electrical insulators are used
mainly as parts of electrical equipment. 

5. Busbar
= An electrical bus bar is defined as a conductor or a group of conductor used for collecting
electric power from the incoming feeders and distributes them to the outgoing feeders. In
other words, it is a type of electrical junction in which all the incoming and outgoing
electrical current meets.
6. Capacitor Bank
= A capacitor bank is a physical group of several capacitors that are of the common
specifications are connected in series or parallel with each other to form a capacitor bank that
store electrical energy.

7. Earthing
= Earthing is used to protect you from an electric shock. It does this by providing a path (a
protective conductor) for a fault current to flow to earth. It also causes the protective device
(either a circuit-breaker or fuse) to switch off the electric current to the circuit that has the
fault.
 8. Distribution Panel Board
= A panelboard is a component of an electrical distribution system which divides an electrical
power feed into branch circuits, while providing a protective circuit breaker or fuse for each
circuit, in a common enclosure.

9. Fuse
= A fuse is an electrical safety device that operates to provide overcurrent protection of an
electrical circuit. Its essential component is a metal wire or strip that melts when too much
current flows through it, thereby stopping or interrupting the current.

10. Fencing
= An electric fence is a barrier designed to allow an electric current to pass through it. Because it
intends to deliver a high voltage shock to whoever touches it, it serves as an effective security
measure against thieves and trespassers.
 11. Relay
= Relays are electrically operated switches that open and close the circuits by receiving electrical
signals from outside sources. 

12. Line Sectionalizer

= A sectionalizer is a protective device that automatically isolates a faulted section of line from
the rest of the distribution system. A sectionalizer should not be confused with a recloser; it does
not interrupt fault current.
 13. Circuit Recloser
= Automatic Circuit Recloser (ACR) is an intellectual protective device capable of
interrupting fault current and which purpose is to increase distribution system reliability.
Their function is to automatically disconnect a section of feeder in the event of fault, such as
a short circuit. 

14. Load-break Switch

= Load break switches are devices used to open an electrical circuit by isolating the source from
the consumer. Whether they are manual, motorized or with a trip function, these devices ensure
the on-load making, breaking and safety disconnection of low-voltage electrical circuits.

15. Ground-Fault Protection Equipment

= Ground-fault protection of equipment (GFPE) is a system intended to provide protection of
equipment from damaging line-to-ground-fault currents by operating to cause a disconnecting
means to open all ungrounded conductors of the faulted circuit.
 16. Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupter
= A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) can help prevent electrocution. If a person’s body
starts to receive a shock, the GFCI senses this and cuts off the power before he/she can get
injured.