Busbars may be connected to each other and to electrical apparatus by bolting, clamping or welding. Joints between high-current bus sections often have precisely machined matching surfaces that are silver-plated to reduce contact resistance. In electric power distribution, a busbar (also bus bar) is a metallic strip or bar, typically housed inside switchgear, panel boards, and busway enclosures for local high current power distribution, transmission, or switching substations. In this blog, I will introduce busbars in detail. What is an electrical bus bar? An electrical busbar ("bus bar" or "buss bar") is a. Amphenol offers high-performing, low-resistance Busbar connectors with designs to conveniently distribute power between busbars, cables, and circuit boards.