1. It may lose half the circuits for breaker failure if circuits are not connected to both buses
  2. Any breaker cannot be taken out for maintenance separately as in single bus arrangement
  3. In double bus double breaker scheme, each circuit has only one dedicated breakers
  4. This arrangement has no flexibility in permitting feeder circuits to be connected to either bus
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Option 1 : It may lose half the circuits for breaker failure if circuits are not connected to both buses

Double bus double breaker scheme:

This configuration utilizes two buses and two breakers per circuit, both buses are normally energized and any circuit can be removed for maintenance without an outage on the corresponding circuit.

Advantage of double bus double breaker:

  • It has maximum flexibility and reliability.
  • Any fault and maintenance of one circuit breaker, power can be fed easily through another circuit breaker.

Disadvantages of double bus double breaker:

  • It is the costliest bus arrangement.
  • It may lose half the circuits for breaker failure if circuits are not connected to both buses.
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