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Yes, if the overcurrent is not quickly detected by a fuse or circuit breaker, the conductors will heat up from the excessive current, causing the resistance to increase, causing more heat, causing more resistance. This "thermal runaway" continues until the heat gets high enough to damage or destroy the insulation (if any) on the conductors, and deform the conductors to the point of separation. Overheated conductors may possibly reach the ignition temperature of adjacent materials, either with the conductor, sparks from arcing, or from molten insulation, resulting in a Class C fire.
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Can you define the term OCR in electrical terminology?
OverCurrent Recloser, or OverCurrent Relay.
What is the electrical abbreviation MOCP?
Maximum Overcurrent Protection
Sometimes earthquakes cause fire How?
it can cause a fire if a house get knocked down and the electrical break a fire can start
Can a fuse be used to store and electrical charge?
No.A fuse is an electrical safety device that operates to provide overcurrent protection of an electrical circuit.
How does a car catch on fire while idle?
Several things can cause a fire. A fuel leak or transmission fluid dripping on a hot exhaust can cause a fire, or an electrical fire can occur from a short in the system.
What electrical codes?
Electrical codes or the NFPA70 and the standers for electrical work and are in place to protected the public from bad wiring that can cause fire's and other hazards
What are the causes of fire in electrical circuits?
Overloading the circuit or a device like a power strip will cause the wiring to heat up at it's weakest point and can result in fire, it can also cause insulation to melt resulting in an electrical short.
What are electrical fuses?
Safety devices used in electrical circuits.AnswerA fuse is an overcurrent protection device, and will operate in the event of a sustained overload current or a short-circuit current.
What causes permanent damage to computer components?
Fire Overcurrent Water Your dog Dropping it from a great height.
Are fuse used to detect electrical energy?
Fuses are overcurrent protection devices. If voltages get extreme they blow to save other components. So yes in a way they detect electrical energy.
Water should never be used to fight which type of fire and why?
Water should never be used to fight an electrical fire. It could potentially cause an explosion or cause you to become electrocuted.
How can wrapping paper become a fire hazard?
Wrapping paper can become a fire hazard because if you wrap it with an electrical thingy, you would see that it can be plugged and can cause a fire
