1. Electric appliances may get damaged when excess of electricity flows through them.
2. To protect them from such accidents, a safety device called electric fuse is used.
3. Electric fuse has a body made of ceramic.
4. It has two points for connecting the fuse wire.
5. If there is an overload of electricity in the circuit, the fuse wire melts because of low melting point.
6. This breaks the circuit and helps in preventing damage to electrical appliances.
