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A small glass or plastic tube that contains a piece of wire is called a circuit breaker
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Answer from: Arealbot

False, it is a fuse.

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In electronics and electrical engineering, a fuse is an electrical safety device that operates to provide overcurrent protection of an electrical circuit. Its essential component is a metal wire or strip that melts when too much current flows through it, thereby stopping or interrupting the current. It is a sacrificial device; once a fuse has operated it is an open circuit, and must be replaced or rewired, depending on its type.

Fuses have been used as essential safety devices from the early days of electrical engineering. Today there are thousands of different fuse designs which have specific current and voltage ratings, breaking capacity and response times, depending on the application. The time and current operating characteristics of fuses are chosen to provide adequate protection without needless interruption. Wiring regulations usually define a maximum fuse current rating for particular circuits. Short circuits, overloading, mismatched loads, or device failure are the prime or some of the reasons for fuse operation.

A fuse is an automatic means of removing power from a faulty system; often abbreviated to ADS (Automatic Disconnection of Supply). Circuit breakers can be used as an alternative to fuses, but have significantly different characteristics.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuse_(electrical)

A fuse is a small glass or plastic tube that contains a piece of wire. That wire is carefully calibrated so that it will only allow a certain level of current to pass through it. Any more, and the wire will melt from the heat, breaking the circuit. This means that if a power surge comes into your home, a circuit will be broken before it causes damage to your appliances.

A circuit breaker achieves the same thing, but by a different method. A circuit breaker also disconnects the circuits in your home if the current gets too large but does it using electromagnets. If the current gets high enough, then the electromagnet will become powerful enough to attract a contact and break the circuit that way.

Both circuit breakers and fuses can be used to help with another situation. If you have an appliance with a metal case and that appliance comes in contact with a live wire, it can cause you to electrocute yourself. But if that metal case is connected to a ground wire (the third pin in some plugs), then the electricity will flow through the ground wire, through the circuit breaker or fuse box, and break the circuit, stopping you from potentially getting electrocuted.

Source: https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-differences-between-fuses-circuit-breakers.html

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