Common methods of protecting busbars include overcurrent-based interlocking schemes, overcurrent-based differential protection, high-impedance differential protection, and percentage differential protection. Over- current protection with. Busbars are the most important component in a distribution network. They can be open busbars in an outdoor switch yard, up to several hundred volts, or inside a metal clad cubicle restricted within a limited enclosure with minimum phase-to-phase and phase-to-ground clearances. Also provided are fault protection and isolation strategies for the substation bus and switchgear, including the bus, circuit breakers, fuses, disconnecting.