Safety With Electricity
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What is a fuse and circuit breaker
Are safety devices that cause a break in a circuit when there is too much current flowing through it
What does a fuse and circuit breaker prevent
Overheating of conductors and the possibility of a fire
What does a fuse contain
A thin piece of metal designed to melt of current is too high
What colors are the wires
Live wire -brown Neutral wire (blue) Earth wire- (yellow/green)
Circuit breakers
Trip a spring mechanism, which shuts of electricity through the circuit when there is too much current
Difference between cell and battery
A cell is a single unit of device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy. A battery is a number of cells connected together