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For a home owner, yes they are.
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Are easier to use than?
circuit breakers ...fuses
Fuses are easier to use than circuit breakers?
For a home owner, yes they are.
What has replaced fuses in the main fuse box in a house?
Circuit breakers have replaced fuses in many modern homes. Circuit breakers offer better protection against overloads and short circuits, and they can be reset rather than needing to be replaced like fuses.
What do circuit breakers and fuses have in common?
Both fuses and circuit breakers cut off a circuit from its power supply when the total current through the circuit exceeds the current rating of the fuse or circuit breaker, usually due to a short to ground or overloading of the circuit. Both use materials that respond to heat.
What do tripped circuts breakers and blown fuses indicate?
That something in the circuit has pulled more current than intended.
Compare and constast fuses and circuit breakers?
Fuses are cheap and reliable, one time use, however they are typically more sensitive than breakers, and depending on the type, can have better time-current characteristics than breakers. Breakers are safer for residential occupancies as there are no shock hazards, you simply flip the switch instead of removing a fuse and exposing live electrical parts. Breakers are re-usable, and are less sensitive to voltage spikes which means they are less prone to nuisance tripping. With fuses, if a fuse blows, the typical homeowner replaces it with anything that fits (many times not the proper fuse, creating a fire hazard). With breakers you simply flip the switch again.
What does tripped circuit breakers indicate?
That something in the circuit has pulled more current than intended.
Why do modern homes now make use of a circuit breaker instead of an electric fuse?
Circuit breakers are more convenient as they can be reset after tripping, whereas fuses need to be replaced. Circuit breakers also provide better protection against electrical overloads and short circuits. They are considered safer and more reliable than fuses for modern electrical systems.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of fuses?
On the advantage side, fuses are simple, easy, no maintenance required and low cost if compared to circuit breakers. They will clear a fault quicker than a breaker, trip curve not affected by ambient air temperature. On the disavantage side, fuses may cause single phasing and motor failure and they need replacement after every fault clearing.
You plugged in a cord I had manipulated and there were sparks now none of the outlets within a couple feet work is there any chance that they will work again?
Check the breakers/fuses to see if any of them have opened the circuit. Replace any blown fuses or turn breakers back on. If it's more of a problem than that you should contact a qualified service technician to take care of the problem.
Is a circuit breaker better than a glass fuse?
Each device has its own special use. Glass fuses can protect circuit at very low amperages. They are usually used to protect printed circuit boards and control panel circuits. Breakers protect circuits from short circuits and overloads. These devices are used in service distribution panels to protect the wires that feed the loads. Circuit breakers can be from 15 amps up into the thousands of amps.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a gas circuit breaker?
The advantages of a circuit breaker are: they are smaller in size than fuses better versions may have electronic trips so they can adjust trip curve to suite circuit design easier for end user to reset (no touching live parts) no waiting to reset (as with fuses - spare must be found) no cost associated with resetting unlike cost of replacement fuses easier when ground fault protection is needed The disadvantages of a circuit breaker are: they are more expensive than fused switches when a circuit breaker trips, you lose all power (with fuses you only lose that phase) harder to coordinate fault selectivity harder and more costly to obtain high short circuit interrupting capacities
