Anelectrician is carrying out some repairs in your house. He wants toreplace a fuse by a piece of wire. Would you agree? Give reasons foryour response.

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Theelectrician cannot be allowed to replace the fuse in the house by apiece of wire. This is because every wire cannot be used as a fusefilament. A fuse filament must have a low melting point such that itcould melt and break in response of large amount of current. Most ofthe wires have high melting points.

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