A cooling system for a circuit breaker is provided. The cooling system includes a temperature management unit, a power assembly, and a heat dissipating assembly. The temperature management unit is structured to detect the temperature at one of the circuit breaker or the conductor assembly. The power assembly is structured to harvest energy from the circuit breaker. The heat dissipating assembly includes a number of convection units, each heat convection unit is disposed immediately adjacent a number of the heat exchanging element.