Circuit breaker panel
The invention provides a circuit breaker panel with several safety features. The main breaker is separated from the circuit breakers by a non-conducting shield. The main breaker is also covered by a transparent, non-conducting shield. A further transparent non-conducting shield separates the circuit breakers from the neutral and ground bus bars. The neutral and ground bus bars are offset from one another to prevent wire crowding. Bending posts extending from the back plate of the panel help control the wire in the panel to prevent it from crossing bus bars or circuit breakers.
1. An improved circuit breaker panel, comprising:
a main breaker mounted in the circuit breaker panel;
a plurality of circuit breakers mounted in the circuit breaker panel; and
a first shield mounted in the circuit breaker panel and between the main breaker and the plurality of circuit breakers;
a ground bus bar and a neutral bus bar affixed to a back plate of the circuit breaker panel; and
a bus bar shield mounted in the circuit breaker panel and between the bus bars and said plurality of circuit breakers.
2. The improved circuit breaker panel of claim 1 wherein said first shield is a wall between an area housing the main breaker and an area housing the plurality of for the circuit breakers.
3. The improved circuit breaker panel of claim 2 wherein said first shield and the area housing for the main breaker form a main breaker compartment, and further comprising a safety barrier mounted to the circuit breaker panel and in front of the main breaker compartment to prevent accidental contact with wires in the main breaker compartment.
4. The improved circuit breaker panel of claim 3 wherein said safety barrier is a transparent partition.
5. The improved circuit breaker panel of claim 1 wherein said neutral bus bar is offset from the back plate a different distance than said ground bus bar.
6. The improved circuit breaker panel of claim 1 wherein said bus bar shield is a substantially rectangular partition.
7. The improved circuit breaker panel of claim 1 further comprising at least one bending post affixed to said breaker panel for guiding a plurality of wires within said breaker panel.
8. An improved circuit breaker panel, comprising:
a first shield mounted in the breaker panel to separate a main breaker area from a circuit breaker area;
a second shield mounted to the breaker panel in front of the main breaker area to prevent accidental contact with wires in the main breaker area;
a third shield mounted in the breaker panel between a pair of bus bars and said circuit breaker area; and
at least one bending post affixed to said circuit breaker panel for guiding a plurality of wires within said breaker panel.
9. The improved circuit breaker panel of claim 8 wherein said pair of bus bars comprises a ground bus bar affixed to a back plate and a neutral bus bar affixed to the back plate proximate to said ground bus bar, wherein said neutral bus bar is offset from the back plate a different distance than said ground bus bar is offset from the back plate.
10. The improved breaker panel of claim 9 wherein said at least one bending post is affixed to said back plate of said circuit breaker panel.