Breakers and Fuses

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Breakers noun - Waves breaking on the shore.

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Fuses and breakers are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fuses" instead a noun "Breakers".

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Breakers and fuses are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breakers" instead a noun "Fuses".

So it is jarring at first, to learn that circuits for fire pumps MUST NOT have any fuses or circuit breakers of any kind. Why?

Source: Failsafe Failure
You do spend a bit of time replacing fuses and resetting circuit breakers, and you're told early on that the gas grid is almost entirely dependent on the work of a single survivor.

Source: Video Game / Dying Light
As a result, in the future (and sometimes in the present) there are no such things as fuses or circuit breakers, and every control panel, sensor, and shield has C4 built into it.

Source: Explosive Instrumentation

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