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For a copper wire to melt it would have to reach a temperature of 1083 degrees C.For an aluminium wire to melt it would have to reach a temperature of 658 degrees C.

So as you can see at these temperatures there would not be much left of the device's conductors that were needed for its operation . It is for this reason that conductors are protected by overload and over current devices to break the current flow before these temperatures can be reached.

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