Originally Posted by KGorney


A relay is a current reducer, a fuse is a circuit fail safe.


I wouldn't call a relay a current reducer but rather a current shifter. It'll shift the current from the switch to itself, but it will do nothing to reduce the current the load needs, leaving only the current needed to operate the relay for the switch to handle.

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