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Cartridge Fuses in Domestic Fuse Boxes.

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How many domestic fuse boxes have you come across within the last year that have B.S. 1361 cartridge fuses in them? I came across one today. You know the ones. The 5 Amp cartridge fuse is just a little shorter than a 5 Amp. 13 Amp.  plug fuse. The 15 Amp fuse is coloured blue, 20 Amp yellow and 30 Amp red. The shower fuse may have been 35/40 or 45 Amp. I seem to remember that the 45 Amp carrier was orange. I have an old Wylex carrier here that has a brown cartridge fuse carrier and an orange base. I was impressed years ago with a cartridge fuse maker's video advert. It said that when a fuse blows you fit a new unused cartridge fuse that affords great protection and reliability, unlike with a circuit breaker that after time and many operations may become unreliable. That impressed me at the time.


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    Supercar...Four Feather Falls...Torchy...now you are talking.

    However to get back on subject, I grew up in a Victorian house where the electrics were probably installed in the 1920s, so 15 Amp sockets, rewireable fuses, metal clad light switches (that could give a shock if a fault occurred) and other such horrors that would be condemned within minutes if inspected today. However the system was pretty reliable and while we had replacement fuse wire (15A and 5A rating) it was seldom needed (perhaps once every five years or so). Looking back I am slightly appalled at what we took for granted.

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    Supercar...Four Feather Falls...Torchy...now you are talking.

    However to get back on subject, I grew up in a Victorian house where the electrics were probably installed in the 1920s, so 15 Amp sockets, rewireable fuses, metal clad light switches (that could give a shock if a fault occurred) and other such horrors that would be condemned within minutes if inspected today. However the system was pretty reliable and while we had replacement fuse wire (15A and 5A rating) it was seldom needed (perhaps once every five years or so). Looking back I am slightly appalled at what we took for granted.

    Alasdair
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