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Which device makes or breaks the circuit?
Complete answer: Switch is an electrical device that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in a circuit, it can interrupt the electrical current or divert it from one path to another. Hence switch is the device which is used to break or make an electrical circuit.
What component can break a circuit?
Components in an electric circuit
| Component | Function |
|---|---|
| Open switch | An open switch breaks the circuit and prevents current in the circuit. |
| Closed switch | A closed switch completes the circuit and allows current to move in the circuit. |
| Electrical wire | Conducts electricity in the circuit. Provides a pathway. |
What does break in a circuit mean?
To me, to break a circuit means to interrupt it in some way, to stop everything connecting properly so that the electricity no longer flows.
How do you break a circuit?
When electricity passes through the circuit (and fuse), it heats up the wire. But if the current running through the circuit gets too high the wire overheats and disintegrates, breaking the circuit and preventing the wires and devices attached to it from being damaged.
How does a circuit breaker break the current?
When too many appliances or light fixtures are operating at the same time, the internal sensing mechanism in the circuit breaker heats up, and the breaker “trips,” usually by means of a spring-loaded component within the breaker. This breaks the continuous pathway of the breaker and renders the circuit inactive.
What is the purpose of using electric switch Class 6?
A switch is used to complete or break an electric circuit to use an electric appliance according our convenience. Some electrical gadgets that have switches built into them are electric lamps, cooler, washing machines, table fan, TV, radio, etc. 6.
Why should an electrician use rubber gloves class 6?
Answer: An electrician should use rubber gloves while repairing an electric switch because rubber is an insulator that does not allow electric current to pass through it. Thus, it prevents his body to get electric shocks.
What do we mean by’break in the circuit’?
A discontinuity in the conductors (e.g. an open switch, or a broken wire) such that current is unable to flow through the circuit and its operation stops. Except when dealing with particularly high voltages, most circuits are unable to continue current flow when the conductors are separated by an air gap.
What causes a circuit breaker to trip and blow?
Overloaded Circuit. When too many appliances or light fixtures are operating at the same time, the internal sensing mechanism in the circuit breaker heats up, and the breaker “trips,” usually by means of a spring-loaded component within the breaker. This breaks the continuous pathway of the breaker and renders the circuit inactive.
What do you need to know about circuit breakers?
Circuit Breakers are mechanical switching devices that can make, carry or break a circuit either manually or automatically under normal and abnormal circuit conditions. Under normal conditions, a circuit breaker can make, carry or break currents and under abnormal conditions, it can make or carry for a specific time and break the currents.
When do make and break of contacts occur in a circuit breaker?
When the load is switched on or off, the arc is produced between the contacts of the breaker. To quench the arc, the circuit breaker has a medium in which make/ break of the contacts take places.