A circuit interrupter comprising: a housing having a first contact and a second contact movable with respect to said first contact; a first terminal located on a first side of said housing; a second terminal located on a second side of said housing, said second side being opposite said first side; a first electrical conductor electrically connected to said first terminal and said first contact, said first electrical conductor comprising: a first portion located substantially toward said first side of said housing running towards a third side of said housing, said third side being adjacent to said first side; a second portion located substantially toward said third side of said housing running towards said second side of said housing; and a third portion connecting said first portion to said second portion, said third portion being at an obtuse angle with respect to said first portion and said second portion; a second electrical conductor electrically connected to said second terminal; wherein said housing has a fastening opening including an axis passing therethrough, the fastening opening located on an intersection of a plane defined by said first portion and a plane defined by said second portion, the intersection defines a line that is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the fastening opening; and an arc splitter located adjacent to said first portion and said second portion of said first electrical conductor, said arc splitter having at least one plate that is not parallel with said second side; wherein said first electrical conductor connected to the first terminal and said second electrical conductor connected to the second terminal extend from said third side of said housing to a fourth side of said housing, said fourth side being opposite said third side, wherein said first conductor and said second conductor only pass once through a plane parallel to said fourth side defined anywhere along said first or said second conductor; and wherein a length between said first side and said second side is less than 9.271 cm (3.65 inches) and a length between said third side and a fourth side is less than 4.2164 cm (1.66 inches). a housing having a first contact and a second contact movable with respect to said first contact; a first terminal located on a first side of said housing; a second terminal located on a second side of said housing, said second side being opposite said first side; a first electrical conductor electrically connected to said first terminal and said first contact, said first electrical conductor comprising: a first portion located substantially toward said first side of said housing running towards a third side of said housing, said third side being adjacent to said first side; a second portion located substantially toward said third side of said housing running towards said second side of said housing; and a third portion connecting said first portion to said second portion, said third portion being at an obtuse angle with respect to said first portion and said second portion; a first portion located substantially toward said first side of said housing running towards a third side of said housing, said third side being adjacent to said first side; a second portion located substantially toward said third side of said housing running towards said second side of said housing; and a third portion connecting said first portion to said second portion, said third portion being at an obtuse angle with respect to said first portion and said second portion; a second electrical conductor electrically connected to said second terminal; wherein said housing has a fastening opening including an axis passing therethrough, the fastening opening located on an intersection of a plane defined by said first portion and a plane defined by said second portion, the intersection defines a line that is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the fastening opening; and an arc splitter located adjacent to said first portion and said second portion of said first electrical conductor, said arc splitter having at least one plate that is not parallel with said second side; wherein said first electrical conductor connected to the first terminal and said second electrical conductor connected to the second terminal extend from said third side of said housing to a fourth side of said housing, said fourth side being opposite said third side, wherein said first conductor and said second conductor only pass once through a plane parallel to said fourth side defined anywhere along said first or said second conductor; and wherein a length between said first side and said second side is less than 9.271 cm (3.65 inches) and a length between said third side and a fourth side is less than 4.2164 cm (1.66 inches).