What is the Circuit Breaker Box?
Old “Sparky” (electricity) enters your home from your electric supplier into the breaker box or in older homes the fuse box. The power enters your main circuit breaker in the box at 220 Volts and 100 Amps or more. Your average household electrical accessories will run on 110 Volts, which can be achieved through dividing the 220 Volts. For example, two 110V (110 Volt) 20A (20 Amp) circuits are the same as one 220V 20A circuit. In most homes all electrical power is broken down into 110V and 220V circuit breakers at the circuit breaker box. What is the purpose of the circuit breaker? The purpose is to break the electrical circuit when too much amperage demand is put on the circuit. This will normally happen when you have too many electrical appliances running on the same circuit at the same time. Now that you have power to your home being distributed by the circuit breakers at the circuit breaker box or fuse box, you will need to deliver the electrical juice to the appliance and lighting
