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: '''Fuses''' are a thin piece of [[wire]] which is designed to [[melt]] when the [[Electrical Current|current]] through the [[wire]] is too large.
: '''Fuses''' are found inside [[Electrical Plug|plugs]] and are used to reduce the risk caused by a power surge.
: The '''[[Live Wire|live wire]] is connected to a [[Electrical Fuse|fuse''' ]] in a the [[Electrical Plug|plug]] is connected to so that if too much [[Electrical Current|current]] goes through it into an [[Electrical Appliance|appliance]] the [[Electrical Fuse|fuse]] will break and stop the [[Live WireElectrical Current|live wirecurrent]].
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This [[diagram]] of a [[Electrical Plug|plug]] shows the location of the '''fuse'''.
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