The topic of our today's article is the rating of manufacturers of automatic switches in the domestic and foreign markets. Next, we will tell you which company is better to give preference to when choosing a machine, and also provide readers of the site with leading brands that produce automation for domestic and industrial use. A brief overview of the best economy class AVs that are most often used in a house and apartment will also be provided.

Brand Overview

So, to begin with, we will briefly talk about the main manufacturers of circuit breakers. As for foreign brands, the most famous are:

• ABB. The Swedish-Swiss company, which is rightfully considered a leader in the production of electrical products. To date, ABB circuit breakers are the highest quality, durable and safe to use. As you understand, you will have to pay more money for such foreign products than for a domestic model. At the same time, the difference in price is small, therefore, for a house and an apartment, we recommend buying automatic machines from the manufacturer ABB.
  
• Legrand. Country of origin - France. Legrand circuit breakers are not inferior in quality to the ABB brand, therefore it is also preferable to choose Legrand products for electrical work. In terms of cost, the machines are about the same, in fact, as in terms of reliability.
  
• Schneider Electric. Another French company that closes the TOP-3 of the best manufacturers specializing in the production of reliable circuit breakers. Schneider Electric has long settled in the Russian market of electrical products and has many positive reviews from experienced electricians.
  
• General Electric. An American manufacturer of power machines and other electrical products, which can also be called one of the best in quality. To date, there are many discussions on the forums about which is better: GE or Legrand. Here we can say that both brands produce good quality circuit breakers, but in fact, there is more demand for Legrand in the Russian market.
  
• Siemens. Siemens company specializes not only in the production of automation, but still has a wide range of models for industrial and domestic use. The quality is already a little worse than that of the top three, but still very high. The price is also slightly lower compared to manufacturers such as ABB, Legrand and Schneider Electric.
• Moeller. A German company that successfully competes with such a global giant as ABB. Despite the fact that in 2007 Moeller was bought out by the American Eaton Corporation, this did not affect the quality and reliability of the products for the worse. Moeller circuit breakers meet all international standards and are very popular.

Among domestic manufacturers of automatic machines, the best quality is from brands such as:

I would also like to say a few words about products from China. Chinese circuit breakers EKF electrotechnica, whose direct competitors are IEK circuit breakers. Both companies have about the same price and similar quality. Oddly enough, China gives a guarantee on its product for a period of 5 years.

Our rating

So, we have listed all the most popular domestic and foreign companies that are engaged in the production of these devices. Now I would like to provide my own rating of manufacturers of circuit breakers.

1. Contactor
2. DEKraft

The only thing I would like to clarify is that this rating of manufacturers of electric machines is not entirely convenient, so that on its basis by company. Here, you must first decide how much money you can allocate for protective automation for your home. Even companies like ABB have their own series of low cost budget models. If you need to buy an economy-class machine, we recommend that you still give preference to reliability - the brands Legrand, ABB and Schneider Eletric. For supporters of Russian products, we can advise DEKraft, because. On the forums, we did not meet a lot of negative reviews about this company!