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BREAKER - AUXILLARY CONTACT

All restaurant equipment has protection from short circuits or power overloads that could damage the internal power supply or cause a fire. Fuses and circuit breakers are two commonly used mechanisms for overload protection. Overload protection can be automatically enabled in response to high pressure or high temperature situations. Circuit breakers may be manually activated to interrupt the flow of electricity for the purpose of planned equipment maintenance or serviceable repair.

Contactors are widely used in all kinds of restaurant equipment. A contactor is an electrically-controlled switch used for turning an electrical power circuit on and off. A contactor is typically controlled by a circuit which has a much lower power level than the switched circuit itself, such as a 24-volt coil electromagnet controlling a 230-volt motor switch.