Switchgear plays a vital role in industrial and commercial settings to control, protect, and isolate electrical equipment. In addition to de-energizing equipment to allow work to be done or to clear faults downstream, switchgear automatically disconnects or “trips” the power in the event of an overload, preventing catastrophic damage to valuable equipment and infrastructure elements.

The technology has been in existence almost as long as electricity, and the demand for new switchgear units is as strong today as ever. This is due to a large base of aging infrastructure rendering many facilities vulnerable to unplanned downtime or complete system failure. As new switchgear systems are designed, manufactured, and installed, quality electrical controls are essential. With over seventeen million electrical control configurations and a UL508A panel shop, c3controls has switchgear and switchboard controls used in a wide variety of applications: