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Answer to: When does a fuse cut off current? How does it do it? (b) What is the maximum number of 60 W bulbs that can be run from the mains supply of 220 volts if you do not want to overload a 5 A fuse?

(a) A fuse cuts off current when the current exceeds a safe value (due to short circuiting or overloading). When the current becomes large, it heats t...

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Answer to: Distinguish between the terms ‘overloading’ and ‘short-circuiting‘ as used in domestic circuits.

Live wire coming in contact with the neutral wire is known as short circuit. When too many electrical appliances of high power rating are switched o...

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Answer to: What type of electric fuse is used in electrical appliances like car stereos? Explain with the help of a labelled diagram.

Cartridge fuse. It consists of a glass tube T having a thin fuse wire sealed inside it. The glass tube has two metal caps at its two ends. The two e...

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Answer to: (a) Of what substance is the fuse wire made? Why? (b) Explain why, a copper wire cannot be used as a fuse wire.

(a) The fuse wire is made of tin-plated copper wire because of its low melting point. (b) Pure copper wire cannot be used as a fuse wire because it ...

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Answer to: Give two reasons why different electrical appliances in a domestic circuit are connected in parallel.

(i) In case of parallel connection, if one of the appliances is switched off, other appliances keep on operating. (ii) In case of parallel connectio...

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Answer to: When does an electric short circuit occur?

Short circuit occurs when live wire and neutral wire come in contact with each other.

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Answer to: If fuses of 250 mA, 500 mA, 1 A, 5 A and 10 A were available, which one would be the most suitable for protecting an amplifier rated at 240 V, 180 W?

P = VI I = = = 0.75A The fuse wire should be such that it is able to withstand only a little more current than 0.75A. So the fuse of 1A is t...

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Answer to: List the colours of the three wires in the cable connected to the plug of an electric iron.

Red wire – Live wire. Black wire – Neutral wire. Green wire – Earth wire.

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Answer to: Give the symbol of an electric fuse used in circuit diagrams.

figure.png Symbol of an electric fuse used in circuit diagram

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Answer to: Eleven bags of wheat flour, each marked 5 kg, actually contained the following weights of flour (in kg):

Total number of bags present = 11 Number of bags containing more than 5 kg of flour = 7 ∴ the probability that any of the bags chosen at random co...

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