What Is The Difference Between Electrical Fuses and Breakers?

"So one of the biggest things for a customer is once the fuse is gone it's not fixable it's done we have to go and buy a new fuse with circuit breaker we can reset it and turn the circuit breaker back on again."  - Gareth Kelly

 

Check A Pro Joe asked Gareth Kelly from Dream Team Plumbing, Heating, Electrical & Cooling to join him on Check A Pro Radio Show today to answer this question: "What Is The Difference Between An Electrical Fuse And Breaker?

Check out this episode of The Dream Team Plumbing, Heating, Electrical & Cooling Podcast to find out...

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Podcast Episode Transcript:

So one of the biggest things for a customer is once the fuse is gone it's not fixable it's done we have to go and buy a new fuse with circuit breaker we can reset it and turn the circuit breaker back on again. This is the check a pro radio show check out pro Joe has assembled a team of pre-qualified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products and techniques now here's your host the man with a hard hat and tool belt check a pro Joe for those of us who live in an old home and I'll tell you the oldest home I lived in was built in 1775 a year before the country was born a beautiful old home and it had fuses in it now a lot of us don't have fuses but this question comes up a lot is there a difference between a fuse and a circuit breaker so I've asked an expert in the electrical area is name is Gareth Kelly from dream team air conditioning heating plumbing and electrical to help answer this question Gareth how are you I'm doing good Joe how you doing today I'm doing fantastic so the old fuses some of us still have them what's the difference between a fuse and a breaker so the government can use and the breaker as a fuse has a lot of male part on it once that service gets overloaded that little metal part burns and turns the electric off to the circuit well the circuit breaker at Scott the same type of function and only it trips the circuit Breakers from mechanical things inside and it heats up it seems the metal part would do but it trips the breaker so one of the biggest things for a customer is once the fuse is gone it's not fixable it's done we have to go and buy a new fuse with circuit breaker we can reset it and turn the circuit breaker back on again and find out what was causing that server to overload and then remedy the problem it really is that simple one nice thing about a breaker today is if it is tripped it will turn off the power but you can go back and you can flip it back on and if it stays on it may have been a one off type thing literally a one off type thing if it continues to do that and it heats up you definitely have to call Gareth the dream team what happens when it continuously trips and it gets warm so one of us warmly continuously trips it means there's a problem in the circuit so somewhere down the line it could have overloaded and it won't turn back on again due to heat but normally want to circle break doesn't turn back on again that means there's a short circuit or something is a fake not certain there's a problem and that circuit and it could be anywhere from the fuse box to the very last device or outlet or switch or light fixture on that server or anywhere in between so you know there's definitely mobile reasons that circuit breaker trips overload is only one of them if it continues to trip do not put a larger breaker in it's against code and it's dangerous and the reason why I tripped everybody is because it is designed to keep the wires from overheating and it could literally burn your house down so you want to call a qualified electrician Gareth Kelly and his team can help you out over a dream team all of Gareth’s information is located here in the description of the podcast simply take a look and it's a quick click away to get a hold of Gareth and his team over a dream team hey Gareth thank you so much today i appreciate it you're welcome joe thank you checking pro is your local source for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the checker pro radio show.