Fault interrupting and reclosing device

A fault interrupting reclosing device comprising:

• a circuit interrupter coupled between a source and a load of a power distribution system, the circuit interrupter having a closed, connected state and an open, disconnected state;
• an actuator coupled to the circuit interrupter, the actuator adapted to exert upon the circuit interrupter an operating force to drive the circuit interrupter from the closed state to the open state and alternatively from the open state to the closed state;
• a pivot and a release latch, the pivot and release latch adapted to engage a mounting structure to provide an electrical connection of the device to the source and the load via the mounting structure, the device being rotatable about the pivot within the mounting structure upon release of the release latch from the mounting structure;
• the device having an automatic mode of operation and a non-reclosing mode of operation;
• the automatic mode of operation comprising operation of the actuator to move the circuit interrupter into the open state in the response to a fault in the power distribution system, to move the circuit interrupter to the closed state following a predetermined time period after the fault and to move the circuit interrupter into the open state with persistence of the fault;
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• the non-reclosing mode of operation comprising operation of the actuator to move the circuit interrupter into the open state and release of the release latch to allow the device to rotate about the pivot within the mounting structure, the non-reclosing mode of operation following an automatic mode of operation and persistence of the fault.