One of the things that contractors run into a lot in the course of doing their job, is
they can be exposed to a lot of potentially hazardous energy sources doing their work.
One of the most common energy sources that they'll encounter is electricity.
So, electricity can be extremely dangerous thing to work on and so if you're going to
do work, maintenance or service on equipment, you want to make sure that you deenergize
those electrical energy sources.
A great way to do that is to trace it back to the source, to a circuit breaker.
Today what I thought I'd do is demonstrate how to apply some of the Brady manufactured
lockout/tagout devices for circuit breakers.
First thing we can start with is a single-pole breaker, typical that you're going to see
in a lot of panels.
The one device that I'm choosing right here is one of our clamp on-style circuit breaker
lockout devices.
First thing you want to do is make sure that the breaker is on the 'off' position.
You apply it this way; there's some teeth on the inside here that grip up against the
back side of the toggle.
So we put it on there, loosen it up so it will fit, slide it over the toggle and then
tighten the thumb screw.
when you're done you just flip this little door over here and apply your safety padlock
and tag right there, and now you're locked out.
So just one example.
This particular device, the clamp on style, comes in three different sizes; this one,
and then two larger sizes for 480 and 600 volt circuit breakers.
So real easy to apply, they're a very positive connection.
Another very common breaker that contractors see out there is a double pole breaker like
this.
So for a breaker like this, we have a really unique device that works really well for locking
these things out.
So again, we make sure we're in the 'off' position and this is the device I'm talking
about right here.
It's got a little cleat at the bottom which you might see here that we'll slide underneath.
Just turn the thumb wheel like that, and that will lock it into place.
Once you have it snubbed up there, you drop the lock shackle through here and lock it.
So pretty simple, very positive device, again very, very simple to use.
The last device I was going to show you, again is for a single pole breaker, but it's a device
that's designed for panels where you need to close the panel door after you lock out
the circuit breaker.
Maybe the panel's in a public area, in a hallway or maybe a healthcare facility.
So this is the device right here.
It's kind of a low profile device that I'll show you how that goes on.
If your circuit breaker happens to have these holes in the side of the toggle, you just
take it like this, we want to make sure we line it up correctly.
so now you've got it applied to the breaker in the 'off' position.
Then, to lock it, we recommend our compact, kind of slim profile safety padlock and one
of these kind of smaller tags that help save space.
So to get that on there, slide the tag on here like that, and there you go.
So you've got a nice, low profile way of locking out a circuit breaker and then giving you
the ability to then close the panel door so that it keeps that secure.
The other item I wanted to point out as well, if you have multiple circuit breakers in a
panel that you want to lock out at one time but use one padlock.
We have a new cable lock device - this one right here - that will allow you to basically
run the cable end through the different breakers that you've got lockout devices attached to,
run it through here, and then run it back into the locks.
You can basically lock out several circuit breakers with one padlock; kind of a unique
thing.
So that's it today to give you a quick review of some very simple applications for circuit
breaker lockout devices.
Everything you see here is available from Graybar.