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Personal Museum/collections?

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Does anyone else on this site have their own 'personal collection' of antiquated electrical equipment that's in too good a condition to throw away, or may be unique?


I was caused to wonder this by the 'reuse' thread. We're starting a full rewire soon on a property which has a beautiful combined service head, main switch and fuseboard, all in one unit. I can't remember who made it, I want to say Callenders (later BICC). it's light cream coloured (almost the GPO 'light straw' if anyone's familiar) and with gilded lettering stating the purpose of each 'section' (Electricity supply, main switch and 'fuses').


I fully intend to keep at least the main switch and fusebox as functional (but clearly not actually used) items, and the service head if it turns out it can't be separated from the main switch easily, or if the DNO decide. I suspect it has rewireable fuses in, and possibly even a neutral fuse, although the meter dates to the 80s so that would likely be linked out.


In any case I'll be taking detailed photos of the installation as it is before we disturb it.


My colleague regards this as timewasting and would love to destroy the old gear in a blaze of RCBOs and 18th ed. compliant boards, but I bribe him with lunch to allow me to save such relics. I feel it's part of history?


Am I alone in this respect, and if not, how out of hand can it get?


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    LoL - you may well be right Mike - I've worked in some appallingly cluttered places  - and for sure a few of my various desks around the country are the proverbial skip when I'm busy doing stuff.


    That said, I am a big believer in having one copy of what is needed and that's in a place where all who need to see, do so. I worked for an American company a while back and occasionally some of the boys with long trousers would fly over and reorganise everything. I recall one clean cut all American boy standing front and centre and asking who had copies of x or y - at which point a few unsuspecting types would dutifully troop off and bring item back (document, drawing etc). In short order there was a pile of "duplicates" of monumental proportions - within 30 days we all had a new steel desk, chair, two drawer cabinet and steel filing cabinets  - plus the obligatory manifoil Mark IV's, containing one copy of everything current - woe betide the character who decided he needed a personal copy of something. The "stuff" that went into skips was epic. From that point on we had a clean desk policy (understandably from a security perspective if nothing else) and it was enforced (usually by means of cake fines). Personally speaking, I was always perfectly happy in that kind of sterility


    Regards


    OMS


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    LoL - you may well be right Mike - I've worked in some appallingly cluttered places  - and for sure a few of my various desks around the country are the proverbial skip when I'm busy doing stuff.


    That said, I am a big believer in having one copy of what is needed and that's in a place where all who need to see, do so. I worked for an American company a while back and occasionally some of the boys with long trousers would fly over and reorganise everything. I recall one clean cut all American boy standing front and centre and asking who had copies of x or y - at which point a few unsuspecting types would dutifully troop off and bring item back (document, drawing etc). In short order there was a pile of "duplicates" of monumental proportions - within 30 days we all had a new steel desk, chair, two drawer cabinet and steel filing cabinets  - plus the obligatory manifoil Mark IV's, containing one copy of everything current - woe betide the character who decided he needed a personal copy of something. The "stuff" that went into skips was epic. From that point on we had a clean desk policy (understandably from a security perspective if nothing else) and it was enforced (usually by means of cake fines). Personally speaking, I was always perfectly happy in that kind of sterility


    Regards


    OMS


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