Egvit Engineering

  What are protective devices and types of protective devices explained in advance ? Some of the essential parts of every electrical circuit or any field of electricity are what we call safety or protective devices. To jump into the main topic of the day let's take a look at what a protective device is.   What are protective devices? Protective devices or safety devices are special electrical or electronic devices that are purposely designed for the protection or safety of an electrical or electronic circuit and are used in electrical circuits to protect against an overcurrent flow, overheat, leakages, and many more.  When protective devices are used in an electrical or electronic circuit, it helps avoid fire outbreaks, damages to circuits or appliances.  Note that some of these protective devices react or operates automatically (trips or cuts off) and would require a well-qualified electrician or an electrical engineer to either repair, trip it back (ON) again to ma...