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Contrast how a fuse and a circuit breaker work to prevent overloading in circuits.

2007-01-04 08:20:41 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering

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A fuse is a one time use component, it self destructs in order to open the circuit.

A circuit breaker is a reusable/resettable protection device. Once tripped and the circuit fault repaired a circuit breaker may be reset

2007-01-04 09:05:47 · answer #1 · answered by MarkG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋