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ever seen a blown cut-out fuse?

wallywombat
Perhaps I've had a sheltered upbringing, but it's occurred to me that I've never encountered a blown cut-out fuse (e.g. a BS1361 BS88-3). So have any of you seen one? How rare are they? Any interesting or salutatory tales to tell?
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    Once - many years ago in a Church. Someone decided that it would be nice to have all the schoolroom wall-mounted radient heaters on at the same as a service in the main church - the 60A rewireable cut-out gave up just as the service started. I remember the Electricity Board electrician twisting two strands of 30A fusewire together to improvise a 60A element.


    Another more recently where the cut-out melted and went open-circuit, but the fuses themselves did remain intact.


      - Andy.
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    Once - many years ago in a Church. Someone decided that it would be nice to have all the schoolroom wall-mounted radient heaters on at the same as a service in the main church - the 60A rewireable cut-out gave up just as the service started. I remember the Electricity Board electrician twisting two strands of 30A fusewire together to improvise a 60A element.


    Another more recently where the cut-out melted and went open-circuit, but the fuses themselves did remain intact.


      - Andy.
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