Fuses are connected in ________ to the live wire:

parallel

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series

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None

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Solution

The correct option is B series
Answer is B.
The live wire and neutral wire, coming from the electric pole, enter a box fitted just outside our house which has a main fuse F1. The fuse is connected in series with the live wire. This is done so because it is only the live wire which has a high potential of 220 volts unlike the neutral wire which carries zero potential.

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The main fuse is connected in :

(a) live wire

(b) neutral wire

(d) both the earth and neutral wires.

Complete the following sentences :

(a) A fuse is a short piece of wire of high ___ and of the material of low ___.

(b) A fuse wire is made of an alloy of ___ and ___ if the current in a circuit exceeds the current rating of the fuse wire, it ___.

(d) Higher the current rating, ___ is the fuse wire.

Electric fuses are always connected in series with the live wire.

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