Electrical recloser having external mounting arrangement for electronics assembly

A recloser apparatus comprising:

• an enclosure having bottom, top and side walls which define an interior, sealed space, and structure defining a shielded space exterior of the interior, sealed space and beneath the bottom wall;
• a current interrupter disposed within the sealed space of the enclosure and including a pair of relatively movable contacts movable between a closed, current carrying position and an open, current-interrupting position;
• contact moving means for moving the contacts between the closed, current-carrying position and the open, current-interrupting position;
• sensing means for sensing a fault current experienced by the apparatus;
• control means for electronically controlling the operation of the contact moving means, the control means initiating operation of the contact moving means to move the contacts to the open position in response to a fault current sensed by the sensing means, and initiating operation of the contact moving means to move the contacts to the closed position after each one of a predetermined number of opening operations;
• a support pan on which the control means is supported, the support pan and control means together being sized for receipt in the shielded space;
• and
• mounting means for mounting the support pan and control means beneath the bottom wall of the enclosure within the shielded space.

A single-phase recloser apparatus comprising:

• an enclosure having bottom, top and side walls which define an interior, sealed space, and structure defining a shielded space exterior of the interior, sealed space and beneath the bottom wall;
• a current interrupter disposed within the sealed space of the enclosure and including a pair of relatively movable contacts movable between a closed, current-carrying position and an open, current-interrupting position;
• contact moving means for moving the contacts between the closed, current-carrying position and the open, current-interrupting position;
• sensing means for sensing a fault current experienced by the apparatus;
• control means for electronically controlling the operation of the contact moving means, the control means initiating operation of the contact moving means to move the contacts to the open position in response to a fault current sensed by the sensing means, and initiating operation of the contact moving means to move the contacts to the closed position after each one of a predetermined number of opening operation;
• a support pan on which the control means is supported, the support pan and control means together being sized for receipt within the shielded space;
• and
• mounting means for mounting the support pan and control means beneath the bottom wall of the enclosure within the shielded space.