Electrical Panels are very important when it comes to industrial automation. Coming equipped with the latest features and machinery, they monitor and control different types of functions of production machines. Thus they empower any industry to organize, define and meet its production goals.
Let’s get insights into what industrial electrical panels are and how electric panels work.
What is an industrial electrical panel?
An industrial electrical panel is a kind of assembly of a system that is designed to have two or more components. These components can be the following:
- motor controllers
- overload relays
- fused disconnect switches
- circuit breakers
- related control devices
The control devices associated with the panels can be timers, pushbutton stations, selector switches, switches. Industrial electrical panels are also known by many other names, such as load centers, breaker panels, breaker boxes or service panels. It regulates the circuit breakers and the electricity consumption. This steel box can be used to control and manage circuit breakers.
Typically, four types of electrical panels are available in the market.
- Fuse boxes
- Breaker panels
- Subpanels
- Main lug panels
The main breaker panels are the king of all other panels. In general, 100-amp panels come with as many as 20 circuits. It means they have the power to control 20 full-sized breakers.
How does the electrical panel work?
An electrical panel works by breaking the circuit. The circuit breakers are normal switches that can go off when more amperage than they are fixed for goes through them. Once the issue of excess power is resolved, these switches can be switched on. On energized or hot wires, power leaves the electrical panels and works through the outlet or device and then the current comes back to the panel along neutral wires.
Please note that when a person touches neutral or hot conductors, electrocution can take place. This leads to causing the current to conduct its circuit through the body.
