3 posted on 04/18/2019 10:00:54 AM PDT by alloysteel
(Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori [Latin for"Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country."])
Electrical short circuits are pretty brief in duration. Like 5 milliseconds. Now overloaded circuits with oversized fuses or breakers will heat up the wiring until it (the wire) becomes the fuse.
24 posted on 04/18/2019 10:06:43 AM PDT by blackdog