What is the dunction of fuses or circuit breakers in a circuit?

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What is the dunction of fuses or circuit breakers in a circuit?

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Fuses and circuit breakers both are used to protect circuit.

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fuse is a small, thin conductor designed to melt and separate into two pieces for the purpose of breaking a circuit whenever the current crosses a certain limit, set by the used. Thus, saving the equipments connected to the from getting destroyed.

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