Fuses and breakers
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Fuses and breakers
John stated in an earlier thread that there were some advantages to fuses and breakers,,,, we know some about breakers,, what about fuses? I supose the range of characteristics would be one.
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Like John says you can put fuses in a basement that's often damp located in a laundry room that has clorine bleach fumes which can cause corrosion let 20 years pass then ask it to open a circuit that's overloaded. The fuse will function flawlessly I wouldn't want to bet on the circuit breaker