PROJECT ON HOUSEHOLD CIRCUIT

INTRODUCTION: Electrical connections are all around our home. Electrical

wiring connects to switches, outlets, appliances, disconnects, meters and circuit
breaker. There are number of ways to make these connections that will last a
lifetime! Loose connections can cause electrical wiring and devices to heat up and
are potential electrical fire in the making. That’s why safe and secure connections
are very important.

CONNECTION DESCRIPTION: Basic components are

1.Main switch (MCCB- Moulded Case Circuit Breaker)
2. Trip Switch (RCCB- Residual Current Circuit Breaker)
3. Circuit Breakers (CBs)
In houses we have separate distribution box assigned to each house (flat) which
include RCCB and CBs and in the basement.
We have MCCB which connects the distribution box of each house and through
that we can control the supply of electricity of the building. It is the very first
component of our house which is connected to electric meter to receive the
electricity from the pole. Hence the main switch is responsible for the electricity
throughout the house. It can shut down the electricity if needed, i.e.,
thunderstorm, lightening or for wiring purpose.
RCCBs are known as tripping switch because it interrupts the electricity when it
exceeds the flow of the assigned current. MCB, RCCB and MCCB both are
connected to live wire and neutral wire. So RCCB mainly works for the safety of
people and appliances.
In our house the RCCB’s rating is 32 A with voltage level 240V. The upper portion
of the distribution box is MCB (Miniature circuit breaker) which is single pole
This is the distribution box of our house where the upper portion switches are
MCB single pole which are shorted and connected parallelly and then they are
connected to the three copper bus bars in three phases. The advantage of using
this is they can be manually reset without having to replace wire as in the case of
the traditional fuse. The lower portion with all black wires copper bus bar is used
for earthing. The red wire and yellow wire are the live wire and neutral wire
which are connected to all MCBs and RCCB which in return is connected to the
main distribution box in the basement.
The first row starting from the left, first and second MCB switch is assigned for the
compact fluorescent light (CFL) with rating 100W and fan with the rating 125 W
(48 inches) for room 1. And for room 2 the right-hand side third and forth MCB
switches are assigned for a 60W sodium bulb and a fan with rating 125W (48
inches) respectively. A fan with 125W will consume 30KW-35KW if it’s running for
12 hours. A CFL and sodium bulb will consume 3~4KW and 6~7KW respectively for
5hours per day. For room 3 the right-hand side sixth MCB switch is connected to
the Fridge (JAMUNA Model: JR-LES634800CDF) with net capacity 348L and net
weight 69kg. As it is a medium range fridge with almost 350L it will consume
250~300KW per day. There are other home appliances which can be connected to
socket such as laptop with rating 30W or table fan with rating 100W will consume
6KW for 8 hours and 10KW for 4 hours respectively.