Surge Diverters, Fuses, Safety Switches and Circuit Breakers

They sound familiar, but what are the differences between them and what do they actually do?

Surge Diverters

A surge diverter protects your property and electrical appliances from excess voltage levels often caused by electrical storms which will destroy your electrical items
A surge diverter is installed into the main switchboard to protect the electrical items in your whole house
A surge diverter is not a safety switch or circuit breaker
A surge diverter is a separate item which should work in conjunction with other devices to fully protect your home.

Safety Switch

A safety switch is a device that will monitor the flow of electricity throughout your home and if it detects a problem that will cause a risk to your safety it will cut out the power in 0.03 of a second.
Safety switches prevent you getting an electric shock

Fuse

A fuse is a thin wire within a casing which plugs into the circuit and is the most basic means of protecting your circuit. It is destroyed when it is heated above a certain level which opens the circuit before the excess current is able to damage the wiring to the building. This is generally known as ‘blowing a fuse’. Fuses only work once, once the fuse is ‘blown’ you have to replace it with a new one.

Circuit Breaker

A circuit breaker is an automatically operated electrical switch which does the same thing as a fuse however you can use it over and over again. It is designed to protect your circuit from damage caused by excess current. A circuit breaker is an absolute essential modern device in society today. It protects your home when there is too much current flowing through it until someone can fix the problem by cutting off the circuit thereby preventing fires and other catastrophes that may be caused from simple wiring issues or equipment failures.

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