Method of controlling a breaking apparatus for breaking an electric current, the breaking apparatus comprising an electromagnetic actuator provided with a coil for displacing a movable breaking part of the apparatus, the method comprising: - the receiving of a command to switch the electrical apparatus from an open state to a closed state; - in response, the provision of an electric supply current to a coil of the actuator, by means of a control circuit, in order to displace the movable breaking part from an open position to a closed position; according to the method, the provision of the supply current comprises implementing a limitation of the intensity value of the electric supply current, the limitation comprising steps of: a) acquisition of a supply current limit value by a microcontroller of the control circuit, that value being recorded in digital form (Vref_value) in a memory of the control circuit; b) generation of a reference value (Vref_in-) in the form of an analogue signal, representing the supply current limit value, on the basis of the acquired limit value (Vref_value) and by means of a digital-analogue converter of the control circuit; c) acquisition, by the control circuit, of a signal (Isense) representing the intensity of the supply current flowing through the coil; d) comparison, by means of an analogue comparator of the control circuit, of the analogue reference signal (Vref_in-) with the signal (Isense) representing the intensity of the supply current; e) inhibition, by the control circuit, of the supply of current to the coil, in response to the comparison, as long as the intensity (Isense) of the supply current has a value greater than or equal to the reference value (Vref_in-), the supply of current to the coil being re-established when the intensity (Isense) of the supply current becomes lower than the reference value again. - the receiving of a command to switch the electrical apparatus from an open state to a closed state; - in response, the provision of an electric supply current to a coil of the actuator, by means of a control circuit, in order to displace the movable breaking part from an open position to a closed position; a) acquisition of a supply current limit value by a microcontroller of the control circuit, that value being recorded in digital form (Vref_value) in a memory of the control circuit; b) generation of a reference value (Vref_in-) in the form of an analogue signal, representing the supply current limit value, on the basis of the acquired limit value (Vref_value) and by means of a digital-analogue converter of the control circuit; c) acquisition, by the control circuit, of a signal (Isense) representing the intensity of the supply current flowing through the coil; d) comparison, by means of an analogue comparator of the control circuit, of the analogue reference signal (Vref_in-) with the signal (Isense) representing the intensity of the supply current; e) inhibition, by the control circuit, of the supply of current to the coil, in response to the comparison, as long as the intensity (Isense) of the supply current has a value greater than or equal to the reference value (Vref_in-), the supply of current to the coil being re-established when the intensity (Isense) of the supply current becomes lower than the reference value again.