Ever popped a fuse? We explain how these automotive electrical pieces work.Photo by Tanvir Ibna Shafi / Getty Images The mundane-sounding components of wires, fuses and connectors are found in every electrical device, and especially in cars. Many of the features we have come to expect in our...
Interior fuse panel We saw in the last section how the heat build-up in the wire depends on the resistance and the amount of current flowing through the wire. Fuses are really just a special type of wire in a self-contained connector. Most automotive fuses today have two blade connectors ...
All the wiring in a house runs through a central circuit breaker panel (or fuse box panel), usually in the basement or a closet. A typical central panel includes about a dozen circuit breaker switches leading to various circuits in the house. This box uses two sub-types of breakers, known...
This fuse only works once, as it is destroyed in the process. Some surge protectors have a line-conditioning system for filtering out "line noise," smaller fluctuations in electrical current. Basic surge protectors with line-conditioning use a fairly simple system. On its way to the power ...
All the wiring in a house runs through a central circuit breaker panel (or fuse box panel), usually in the basement or a closet. A typical central panel includes about a dozen circuit breaker switches leading to various circuits in the house. This box uses two sub-types of breakers, known...
The plastic in the toner lets you keep it from jumping ship once you've finally got it on the paper; all you have to do is apply heat to the toner, and the plastic particles melt and fuse the pigment to the paper. The Fuser The fuser provides the finishing touches that make the ...
For example, the six gray boxes in this photo of a Ford Windstar fuse box are all relays: In places where a large amount of power needs to be switched, relays are often cascaded. In this case, a small relay switches the power needed to drive a much larger relay, and that second ...
As you will see, most 4-way switch wiring is placed between the wiring of two 3-way switches, therefore a 4way switch is installed with two 3way switches. Instructions Please Note: To illustrate the 4 way switch wiring, Switch boxes and Fixture boxes are not shown but are obviously requi...
Be sure to check the "Tips" section to see several other accepted ways to wire this circuit. Steps 1.1 Select the proper wire size. The size of all the wires in any circuitmustbe the same size. If originating from an electric panel or fuse box, #12 copper is the minimum size when ...
In larger sets of incandescent lights, two wires often direct current to sections of each strand. This explains how — sometimes — only part of a strand goes out. Shunts are a secondary device built into the base of each bulb that helps redirect current in the case of a faulty filament....