Circuit breakers
Eaton’s low and medium-voltage circuit breakers provide premium protection for overheating wires, overloads and short circuits in residential, commercial, industrial and hazardous area applications.
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Molded case circuit breakers
Eaton's molded case circuit breakers provide unmatched circuit protection and safety in countless applications.
Take a look at all of Eaton's molded case circuit breakers. Find out about our latest and greatest MCCB. Discover which MCCB is the right for for your usage in your industry. Review the typical molded case circuit breaker application structure.
Circuit breaker fundamentals
Are circuit breakers new to you? We built a web page that will help get you learn the basics on circuit breakers.
What are circuit breakers and how do they work? Discover how circuit breakers function, the main components of circuit breakers and how they differ from fuses. Get all of the fundamentals of circuit breakers.
Eaton circuit breakers
Eaton’s complete line up of low and medium-voltage circuit breakers provide circuit protection in alternative energy, commercial, industrial, mining, and military applications, while protecting against overloads and short circuits in conductors.
Our circuit breakers are applied in panelboards, switchboards, motor control centers, control panels, combination starters, individual enclosures, and bus duct plug-in units.
Eaton circuit breaker types
Molded case circuit breakers
Eaton’s molded case circuit breakers are used to provide circuit protection in various industry applications, where they protect against overloads and short circuits in conductors. These circuit breakers are applied in panelboards, switchboards, motor control centers, control panels, combination starters, individual enclosures, and bus duct plug-in units.
Residential circuit breakers
Eaton's residential circuit breakers are used in load centers, panelboards, or similar devices. They are made for a wide range of applications and include: arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCI); and ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCI).
Low voltage air circuit breakers
Eaton provides comprehensive low-voltage power circuit breaker solutions to meet the demands of power distribution systems worldwide.
Medium-voltage vacuum circuit breakers
Eaton's vacuum circuit breakers provide centralized control and protection of medium-voltage power equipment and circuits in utility, industrial, commercial, mining and marine installations involving generators, motors, feeder circuits, and transmission and distribution lines.
Industrial miniature circuit breakers
Generally used in a loadcenter, panelboard, or similar device, industrial miniature circuit breakers are a specific type of circuit breaker, used to switch and protect the lowest common distribution voltage in an electrical system.
Hydraulic-magnetic circuit breakers
Hydraulic-magnetic circuit breakers are available in both AC and DC ratings in accordance with UL, CSA and VDE standards. Eaton offers a number of equipment, branch and main circuit breaker products that meet American, European and Asian agency listings, ensuring products designed with Eaton may be designed, built and sold worldwide.
