What is switchgear? and how does it work?
Electrical switchgear regulates, protects, and isolates a power system with a variety of controls housed in a plastic or metal enclosure. It’s an essential system within homes and commercial businesses.
Switchgear includes fuses and switches, with circuit breakers being the most common component found in switchgear.
During an electrical fault, a circuit breaker will sense the anomaly and interrupt the power flow, effectively limiting damage to the electrical appliance and/or system being used at the time. This is because it is designed to control the flow of power.
Switchgear plays a vital role in enhancing the energy efficiency and safety, in either a home or a commercial business.
There are many brands of switchgear available within Australia.
My personal favourite brands based on quality, aesthetics and durability are: Hager, ABB, Schneider, NHP and Clipsal.
The before and after photo in this post is from a recently completed, Switchboard Upgrade. I have installed all Hager components and used an NHP enclosure.
Interesting facts on Hager:
- Hager's international family business has been the partner of professionals in electrical engineering for over 65 years.
- In 1955, Oswald Hager and Hermann Hager and their father Peter Hager founded the Hager oHG electrical engineering factory, in Ensheim (Germany). This laid the foundation for today's Hager Group.
- In 1959 the brothers decided to locate Hager in two strategic locations at Saarbrucken (Germany) and Obernai (France). Bringing with them their entrepreneurial flair, dedication to their customers and vision for the future. These fundamentals became the cornerstone of Hager's success, which continue to endure to this day.
Hager's products and systems distinguish themselves in quality and simplicity.
Hager is hands down one of my favourite switchgear to use.
Cheers,
Kirk
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