The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring protection device including
a housing assembly including at least one receptacle, the at least one receptacle
being configured to receive plug contact blades inserted therein. The housing assembly
includes a hot line terminal, a neutral line terminal, a hot load terminal, a neutral
load terminal, a hot user-accessible receptacle contact, and a neutral user accessible
receptacle contact. A fault detection circuit is coupled to the hot line terminal
and the neutral line terminal. The fault detection circuit is configured to detect
at least one fault condition and provide a fault detect signal in response thereto.
An interrupting contact assembly is coupled to the fault detection circuit. A weld
breaker mechanism is coupled to the interrupting contact assembly. The weld breaker
mechanism is configured to strike the first pair of contacts and/or the second
pair of contacts in response to the tripping stimulus.