| English term or phrase: tripped | The movable and stationary contacts are operated between contacts "open" and contacts "closed" positions by pivoting the operating handle. The circuit breaker further comprises a hydraulic or electromagnetic device which, in response to one or more predetermined electrical conditions, collapses the toggle assembly to a broken state, in order to trip "open" the separable movable and stationary contacts. Typically, the operating handle assumes one of two or three positions (e.g., "on", "off" and "tripped") corresponding to the contacts "closed" position, contacts "open" position, and contacts tripped "open" position.
Users who apply circuit breakers in relatively dark enclosures or other relatively dark environments desire a relatively quicker and more efficient mecha-nism than, for example, employing fixed or portable enclosure lighting for identifying when a circuit breaker has been turned off or tripped. Otherwise, there is a "guessing game" of whether a circuit brea-ker is in the "on" position versus the "off" or trip-ped "off’ position(s).
a circuit provides a first output when the separable contacts are open (e.g., "off" or tripped "off" positions) and a second output when the separable contacts are closed (e.g., "on" posi-tion). |
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