Answer the following questions related to the following
terms:
1. When does short
circuiting take place?
2. What happens to
the resistance of the circuit during a short circuit?
3. What happens to
the flow of electric current during a short circuit?
3. What is
overloading?
4. How can the
effects of overloading be avoided?
Answer:
(1) When the live
wire and the neutral wire come in direct contact, short circuiting takes place.
(2) The resistance
of the circuit decreases during a short circuit.
(3) The flow of
current abruptly increases during a short circuit.
(4) When the current
in the circuit exceeds, the load exceeds the specified limit and overloading
occurs.
(5) The effects of
overloading can be avoided by connecting a fuse in series with the circuit.
