Top 10 Advantages of Electrical Fuse
- It is the economical form of power system protection
- No maintenance is required for fuses
- A fuse possesses an inverse time-current characteristic that makes it suitable for overcurrent protection
- It can break heavy short-circuit currents without producing any noise or smoke
- The minimum time of operation for a fuse can be made much shorter than with the circuit breakers
- The operation of a fuse is inherently completely automatic as opposed to a circuit breaker which requires elaborate equipment for automatic action
- The smaller sizes of fuse elements impose a current limiting effect under short-circuit conditions
- Is a standalone device, and requires no relay for operation
- Operating time is around 0.002 seconds
- Simple in design
Apart from the above advantages, there are some cons associated with fuses. Read them here