Molded electrical component, where the component comprises manual control devices and at least one electrical connection device, and encapsulation devices suited to protect the component against intrusion of solid objects and fluids, where the encapsulation devices further comprise molding compound which surrounds parts of the component to help achieving an enhanced degree of encapsulation, characterized in that - the molded electrical component comprises a modular electrical protection component in the form of a power circuit breaker, earth leakage circuit breaker, automatic circuit breaker or combined automatic circuit breaker; - the protection component comprises openings arranged to permit emission of expanding ionized gas that is formed in the case of short-circuit currents in the protection component, so that the maximum pressure in the protection component is reduced; - the molded component comprises safety devices for the handling of the ionized gas; - the safety devices comprise a protection volume arranged by the openings in the protection component, and where the encapsulation devices further comprise sealants to seal the openings so that it helps prevent the molding compound from penetrating the protection component, where the protection volume is at least partly limited by the molding compound, and an explosion protection element, where the explosion protection element is arranged in the protection volume; and - where the safety devices are arranged for stepwise handling of the emission, where the explosion protection element comprises a material that is suited to deform when subjected to external pressure, and where the material is designed so that with increasing pressure it: - first is compressed elastically; - then is compressed plastically, and - finally is deformed permanently to such a degree that the gas is allowed to be released out of the molded component. - the molded electrical component comprises a modular electrical protection component in the form of a power circuit breaker, earth leakage circuit breaker, automatic circuit breaker or combined automatic circuit breaker; - the protection component comprises openings arranged to permit emission of expanding ionized gas that is formed in the case of short-circuit currents in the protection component, so that the maximum pressure in the protection component is reduced; - the molded component comprises safety devices for the handling of the ionized gas; - the safety devices comprise a protection volume arranged by the openings in the protection component, and where the encapsulation devices further comprise sealants to seal the openings so that it helps prevent the molding compound from penetrating the protection component, where the protection volume is at least partly limited by the molding compound, and an explosion protection element, where the explosion protection element is arranged in the protection volume; and - where the safety devices are arranged for stepwise handling of the emission, where the explosion protection element comprises a material that is suited to deform when subjected to external pressure, and where the material is designed so that with increasing pressure it: - first is compressed elastically; - then is compressed plastically, and - finally is deformed permanently to such a degree that the gas is allowed to be released out of the molded component.