[RE-wrenches] Remotely triggered circuit breakers

[William Miller]

Jerry:

Thank you. That was the conclusion I came to after doing some research.
Most remotely activated breakers are activated by wifi and some energy
management app. That’s not what I want. A contractor with the coil powered
by the grid fed panel would do the job.

William Miller
Miller Solar.com
805-438-5600
www.millersolar.com


On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM Jerry Shafer <jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> William
> There are shunt trip breakers available but needs to be reset to
> reconnect, why not use dry contactors, they are not special to a
> particular panel, we use them on water pumps, well controls,
> heaters, pools, hot tubs, anything, any 120 or 240 circuit can work.
> Fun times
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM William Miller via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>> Friends:
>>
>> I am looking for a recommendation for circuit breakers that can be
>> triggered remotely for load shedding. Does anyone have a recommendation?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> William Miller
>> Miller Solar.com
>> 805-438-5600
>> www.millersolar.com
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