What's the piece that's supposed to fail first (and prevent damage) called?
What's the piece that's supposed to fail first (and prevent damage) called?
The little metal pegs on a snow blower or a fuse in a circuit are examples I can think of.
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In electronics it's a breaker or a fuse
Technically just fuses are meant to be sacrificial in most cases. A breaker is more like a switch that has a special fuse for super high currents.
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