Circuit breaker having internal transient recovery voltage capacitor assembly

An apparatus comprising:

• an enclosure having an interior region;
• a circuit interrupter housed within the interior region, the circuit interrupter having a first contact assembly and a second contact assembly, the second contact assembly comprising at least one stationary contact and a second shield, the first contact assembly comprising at least one moveable contact and a first shield, the at least one moveable contact configured to be:
• in contact with the at least one stationary contact when the circuit interrupter is in an electrically closed configuration, and
• displaced from contact with the at least one stationary contact when the circuit interrupter is in an electrically open configuration;
• and
• a plurality of capacitor assemblies housed within the interior region of the enclosure, wherein each of the capacitor assemblies is connected in parallel across the at least one stationary contact via a respective individual pair of mounting brackets and includes a single insulator tube that houses a single transient recovery voltage capacitor such that the transient recovery voltage capacitor is separated from the interior region of the enclosure, a first end of each of the capacitor assemblies being in electrical contact with the first shield, and a second end of each of the capacitor assemblies being in electrical contact with the second shield.