What is the advantage of a circuit breaker as compared to a fuse?

What will be an ideal response?


The advantage of a circuit breaker over a fuse is that it can be manually reset at the electrical service panel after an overload, rather than replaced. Also, the circuit can be manually opened in case there is a need to perform service on the circuit.

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A. Flare systems B. Baghouses C. Coal gasification D. Electrostatic precipitators

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If a crane, hoist, or monorail hoist operates above readily combustible material, specific requirements shall apply to ____.

A. capacitors B. resistors C. overload protection D. receptacle placement

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A master can communicate with multiple slaves ________

A) over a parallel connection B) over a daisy-chain connection C) both A and B D) under no circumstances

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Find the inverse of each ratio. 5:112

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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