Most places you live in today will manage their electrical power via circuit breakers, though fuse boxes predated that technology in the early 20th century.

The breaker box is the part of a home electrical system that manages the flow of electricity and prevents grid overloads.

A breaker box in your home may contain several circuit breakers, each of which has a switch that will flip off if an overload occurs. Once the cause of an overload is corrected, the breaker can be ...