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body.
y Example: touching exposed live wire.
y Electric Shocks and Electrocution
y Occurs: A short circuit occurs causing the wire to be overheated and
__________________________.
y Example: Connecting too many electrical appliances to same output socket, causing a fire to
break.
Possible Causes:
y Damaged Insulation
y The wires of electrical appliances are insulated with ________________________________
such as rubber
y Due to _________________________, the rubber can become damaged and the wires exposed.
y Overheating of Cables
y Refers to the unusually large amount of heat generated by ________________________ current
flowing through the conducting wires.
y _______________________ of a power point can generate a huge amount of heat too.
y Damp Conditions
y Wet conditions of the skin greatly reduce the _____________________________ of the skin.
y Dry skin has a typical resistance of _____________ or more. However, it may drop
_______________ when wet
y With a voltage of 240V, a deadly current of 0.23A can flow through
the body
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y Safety with Earthing
y When a fault occurs, the earth wire will carry the _________________________________
directly.
y This prevents the person who is in contact with the ground and touching the ‘live’ appliance to be
electrocuted.
y Appliances with ________________________________ are usually earthed.
y Safety with Switches
y Used to ________________________________________ when we are not operating the
electrical appliance.
y Must be fitted to the ______________________.
y Safety by Fuses
y Consist of a thin piece of copper wire, the fuse is given a current rating (i.e the
_________________________ it can carry without melting).
y When a fault occurs and the size of the current flow ___________________________________
of the fuse, the fuse will ‘blow’ (the fuse wire will melt, cutting off current flow).
y Must be fitted to the ___________________.
y Safety by Circuit Breakers
y A special type of switch that ________________________________ electricity supply in a circuit
if the flow of current becomes too large.
y The circuit breaker can only be reset after the fault has been corrected.
y ___________________________________ work like fuses but they ‘trip’ instead of ‘blowing’.
y ___________________________________ detects small leakages in the earth wire and cut off
the current in the live wire.
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