What is the difference between a Vacuum Circuit Breaker and
a Load Break Switch?
Answer Posted / amitava
Vacuum Circuit Breaker is a current interrupting device used in Normal and fault condition, can be used upto 66 Kv.
Load break switch is a on load Isolator, which breaks normal current, it has no arc quenching arrangement, no relays to sense faults, used upto 33 Kv.
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