Why must circuit breaker be hooked in series with a line of appliance even though the line of appliances are hooked together in parallel?

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Why must circuit breaker be hooked in series with a line of appliance even though the line of appliances are hooked together in parallel?

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If it’s in parallel it won’t protect the circuit, it would actually be a short circuit.

Basically, it has to be a single point at the start of the circuit, otherwise the circuit can’t be controlled by the circuit breaker.

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