There are a few myths about circuit breakers, but don't get fooled. Know the truth about a key part of your home or business.

1. 4 Myths about circuit breakers
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2. What do you know
about circuit breakers?
• Circuit breakers help keep our home running
smoothly
• Most people think it is just a set of switches
but there is more to it than you know
• Here are 4 myths you can watch for

3. Myth 1: Circuit breakers only
matter during a storm
• When a storm knows out the power you will
run to the circuit breaker
• Power surges are excessive voltage that run
from lines into the home
• Circuit breakers will help detect a fault in a
line and shut if off before those faults trigger a
problem

4. Myth 2: A circuit breaker is the same
thing as a fuse box
• Fuse boxes are older technology that use to
perform the same job as a circuit breaker
• A fuse box could allow a fuse to literally burn
out during a power surge
• Circuit breakers will
protect the fuses

5. Myth 3: If a circuit keeps tripping, the
circuit breaker must be faulty
• A circuit breaker is meant to protect your
house
• If a circuit keeps tripping something is wrong,
in other words a circuit is overloaded
• Try running a fewer things on the circuit

6. Myth 4: All circuit breakers must be
reset manually by hand
• There are circuit breakers that can all be reset
manually
• Automatic circuit breakers are very useful for a
business with large buildings
• Don’t think everything is done manually

7. Don’t fall for myths
• Circuit breakers are very beneficial to our lives
but don’t’ fall for myths. Know the truth
• For more information on industrial supplies
wholesale and circuit breakers check out our
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