Question:
What is a fusible switch?
tapones Bus: El interruptor de fusibles
El interruptor fusible es un tipo de enchufe de autobús se encuentran típicamente en casas viejas o apartamentos. Cuando la electricidad pasa a través del sistema, siempre hay un peligro de sobrecarga. Sin ninguna protección contra las sobrecargas, los aparatos serían destruidas y hay un gran potencial para los incendios como resultado. El interruptor de fusibles contiene un fusible para proteger el hogar. En el enchufe del interruptor de autobús fusibles, los fusibles están diseñados con un elemento que se destruye en el caso de una sobrecarga de energía. Cuando el fusible está intacto, el circuito está completo y la energía puede pasar a través.
Cuando el elemento fusible se funde, el circuito se rompe y la electricidad no fluye. Esto mantiene la sobrecarga de alcanzar a sus aparatos. Una vez que el elemento se funde, que se fusionan deben ser reemplazados. Este tipo de enchufe de autobús se sustituye en los nuevos edificios por el sistema del interruptor automático más eficiente, que no requiere el reemplazo de fusibles quemados.
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