Question

An electrician is carrying out some repairs in house. He wants to replace a fuse by piece of wire. What properties should that wire have?

Answer 1

Answer: The material used for fuse elements must be of low melting point, low ohmic loss, high conductivity (or low resistivity), low cost and free from detraction. The material used for making fuse element has a low melting point such as tin, lead, or zinc.

Therefore the tin, lead, zinc wire should be recommend.