circuit panel
Home electrical hub
A circuit panel is the metal box, usually mounted on a wall, that houses the circuit breakers or fuses controlling electrical power distribution throughout a building.
When a circuit trips, you go to the circuit panel to reset it.
Also called a breaker box, fuse box, or electrical panel: The electrician installed a new circuit panel in the basement.
- backplaneMulti-slot connector board
- breadboardSolderless circuit-building platform
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
- main breakerPrimary circuit disconnect
- power distributionElectrical supply network
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- switchboard partsplugboard, patchboard
- panels
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