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What is the function of the fuse or circuit breaker in a circuit?
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∙ 11y ago
A circuit breaker/fuse is designed to protect the wiring from getting overloaded.
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A device that protects a circuit from current overload is called what?
Fuse, Circuit breaker
What is a break in a circuit?
It is a fuse or a breaker. The wire inside the fuse will burn out and will need to be replaced once the fault has be corrected. A breaker is designed to click open, so breaking the circuit.
What is mcb and cb?
MCB = Miniature Circit Breaker CB = Circuit Breaker
How do you use circuit breaker in a sentence?
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How do fuses and circuit breakers protect you home against electrical fires?
It must understand that, short circuit is the case when the electricity find a lower resistance path to travel through. It will result to large amount of electricity flow and with high current flow then it emitted heat and would be so hot that it start the fire. Preventing short circuit damage, it install the fuse or circuit breaker as the bottle neck. When too much of the current flow through then the circuit breaker stop the flow of current and prevent fire.
How do you change wire fuse for circuit breaker?
A circuit breaker does not have a wire fuse in it.
How the circuit breaker differ in its function from combination switch fuse unit?
The function is the same in that they both are designed to remove an over current situation by opening the circuit. A tripped breaker can just be reset. A blown fuse needs to be replaced.
What are the function of consumer box?
what is a circuit breaker / fuse current rate value for lamp and fan load circuit
What advantaged does a circuit breaker have compared with a fuse?
You can reset a circuit breaker but a fuse you must replace.
What device protects an electrical circuit?
An example of a circuit protection device is a fuse. Another example is a circuit breaker.
What is the best suitable component for circuit protection instead of fuse?
circuit breaker, or "resettable fuse", which is a reallya small circuit breaker in the housing of a fuse
A fuse or circuit breaker used in a circuit is usually inserted in?
A fuse or circuit breaker used in a circuit is usually inserted in series with the load.
What is an alternative to using a fuse?
An alternative to using a fuse is to use an electrical circuit breaker.
What device is used as a form of safety device in an electrical circuit?
A fuse or circuit breaker will fit this description.
How is the circuit protected?
By a fuse or a circuit breaker.
How do you reset the circuit breaker on the cigarette lighter on a 63 ford falcon?
It does not have a circuit breaker. It uses a fuse to protect the circuit. Look for a blown fuse in the fuse panel under the dash on the drivers side.I believe the cigarette lighter circuit is protected with a glass barrel fuse not a circuit breaker. Check the fuse box for a blown fuse.
Does the surge protectors they have in production today provide a fuse for the circuit breaker?
A circuit breaker takes the place of a fuse. No.
