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What does this sentence mean fuses are the police officers of electric current?

Fuses protect an electrical circuit. When current in an electrical circuit becomes dangerously high the fuse will open protecting people and property. Police men/women protect people and property from the dregs of society.


Can parallel circuits be used instead of fuses?

No. Parallel circuits are not fuses. Fuses can be used to protect parallel circuits.


What does the fuses under the hood of a 2000 dodge ram 1500 mean?

They are fuses, they do what fuses do, protect electrical circuits.


What does a fuse do?

Fuses protect circuit componentsNothing


What do the fuses in a 91 Cadillac sedan deville operate?

Fuses don't operate anything,you do. fuses protect electrical circuits from overload


How can you protect the fuses on a 1999 park avenue from corroding due to condensation?

coat the contacts of the fuses in dielectric grease


How do fuses or circuit breakers help protect homes?

During an electrical fault, be it a short circuit or circuit overload, fuses and breakers are designed to open at a specific amperage. This opening of either device eliminates a fire hazard before it gets a chance to start. This is how fuses and breakers protect the home.


Can you touch a fuse if your car is off?

You can touch one with it on. Fuses are fuses... they have a plastic outer shell to protect them, and if you touch that, it's not going to hurt anything.


How fuses and circuit breakers protect against electrocution and household fires?

Fuses and circuit breakers do not protect a person from electrocution. They are in the circuit to protect the feeder conductors from having over current applied to them. The only type of breaker that will protect you from getting a shock is a GFCI.The way that fuses and breakers stop household fires is by opening the fault current on the circuit before the fault temperature can rise high enough to ignite any surrounding combustible materials.


Where you find fuses?

Anyplace there is a need to protect the electrical wiring from an overload or short in the wiring.


What is The front Fog Light Fuses For A 02 Opel Astra?

they protect the Fog electrical circuit from high electric current flow.As fuses protect circuit components from high electricity flowthat cause any circuit component hazard....


What two things does a fuse protect?

Fuses protect against overcurrent (too much current flow), however caused.