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Name the device used to protect the electric circuits from over loading and short circuit. On what effect of current does it work?

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The device used to protect the electric circuits from overloading and short circuit is a fuse.
It works on the heating effect of current. A material of low melting point is used so that it may easily melt due to overheating when current in excess to the prescribed limit passes through it.

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