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What if there is a break in the path where the current flowsthe circuit is incomplete.What circuit with a break in the path is?
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How does a circuit turn a switch on and off?
A switch makes a physical break in the electric circuit. With the circuit broken the electricity can not flow. When the switch is turned the other way the circuit is completed and the current/electricity can flow.
What is the device to break a circuit?
Switch (mechanical or electrical), breaker or fuse.a switch
Can all circuit breakers interrupt large fault currents?
All Circuit Breakers have a current rating and a FAULT current rating. The current rating refers to the current at which the circuit breaker is designed to 'break' the circuit and this is generally shown in Amperes (A). FAULT current rating is generally alot higher rating and is therefor shown in kilo Amperes (kA). This kA rating refers to the amount of current which a circuit breaker is designed to handle under fault conditions and can still maintain operation and 'break' contact. Most household circuit breakers are around 7.5 kA, so any fault over 7,500 Amperes could potentially damage the circuit breaker contacts to the point which it can not open the circuit. Larger fault ratings are found in larger applications such as MCC's on plants, minesites or power stations.
What is a hypothesis stating how a fuse is used to prevent too much electric current from flowing through a circuit?
This would not be a hypothesis, but an explanation. A fuse is a piece of wire with a low melting point which melts if too much current flows in the circuit. It is designed to break before the rest of the circuit is damaged.
Which device designed to open an overloaded circuit and prevent overheating?
Fuses and circuit breakers are designed to open a circuit when an excess amount of current occurs, so as to break that flow of current.A circuit breaker or fuse.
A break in the wires of an electric current will the circuit and the current?
A break in the wires of an electric current will break or cut the circuit and stop the current from flowing.
What is a break in an electrical circuit called?
A break in an electric circuit is called an open circuit. Electric current will not flow through an open circuit.
What happen when there is a break in the path circuit?
Current through that part of the circuit will stop.
How can you break a circuit?
To open a circuit (stop the flow of current), typically a switch is used.
A loop with a break in it that prevents current from flowing is called?
an open circuit.
What is a circuit path called that has a break in it preventing current from flowing?
That's an "open" circuit.
What function in a circuit for a switch?
A switch is a make - break device. Its function is a circuit is to make and break the current flow of the circuit that it is in. This action then starts and stops the load that is connected in the circuit.
What happens to an ammeter when there is a break in a circuit?
An ammeter reads the current that is flowing through a branch of a circuit. If there is a break within that same branch of the circuit, current will not be able to flow through that branch of the circuit as it forms an incomplete loop, so the ammeter will read 0 A of current. If there is a break in a circuit in a branch that is not connected to the ammeter however, the ammeter will give a higher reading of the current. This is assuming that the break in the other branch does not short out the branch with the ammeter attached, and that the circuit can still form a complete loop without that branch.
If there is a break at any point in a series circuit the current will?
not flow
Rupturing capacity of a circuit breaker?
the maximum short current that can be safely break by the circuit breaker.
What happens if there is a break in a serious circuit?
A break in an electrical circuit will cause the circuit's load to stop operating.
Why parallel combination is preferred over series combination?
In a parallel circuit (with more than one branch), the current will still flow in the other circuit(s) even if there is a break in one circuit. This is not so with a series circuit, since it does not have branches: if there is a break in the circuit, there is a break in the circuit.
