Electrical Safety

• Overloading is when you try to use more electricity than a circuit can safely handle
• Frayed wires is caused by overuse
• Short circuits are caused by two or more wires touching that aren't supposed to come into contact
• A fuse is a short piece of wire that melts when too much current flows through it
• Fuses don't do much when the current is only a little overloaded, hindering protection
• Circuit breakers are switches that open and disrupt the flow of the circuit when a large current (10 amps or bigger) is detected
• Circuit breakers dont work quickly enough to prevent electric shock or electrocution
• A Residual Current Device is a switch operated by magnetism, opening when it detects a difference between the currents going in and out of the house