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Lost Electrical Skills. Rough Justice.

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I went to give an estimate today. Fuse board renewal. A holiday chalet. Some family members had stayed, aged early 20s. A rewireable fuse had previously blown on a lighting circuit. The young guests had no idea how to replace the fuse wire even though  a new fuse wire card was there.


 I am feeling very old. I am listening to Bananarama's "Rough Justice," 12 inch version, 1984.

It still sounds good on vinyl.


Fuse wire is dead....long live fuse wire.


Oh, to be young again.


Z.




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    I have been interested in electricity since I was a young child, and can remember details from then.


    I can for example remember most of the electrical installation at the first school that I attended !


    Class room lighting was six lamps each 150 watts, one 5 amp circuit per room. No power circuits in old classrooms. Heating was a coal fire.

    One 15 amp socket in the passageway. Never saw it used.

    Outside toilets with gas lights. No electricity supply to toilets.


    New extension consisted of a modern building and two porta huts. 

    Each hut had a 30 amp sub main via twin with earth cable. Four electric heaters each of 3 kw and 9 lamps each of 100 watts. The 30 amp fuses blew regularly.


    The new building had wall mounted gas heaters with an odd control system, whereby the heater was turned OFF by applying 8 volts, this being obtained from a time switch and a bell transformer. It took a six year old a long time to work out the operating principle.
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    I have been interested in electricity since I was a young child, and can remember details from then.


    I can for example remember most of the electrical installation at the first school that I attended !


    Class room lighting was six lamps each 150 watts, one 5 amp circuit per room. No power circuits in old classrooms. Heating was a coal fire.

    One 15 amp socket in the passageway. Never saw it used.

    Outside toilets with gas lights. No electricity supply to toilets.


    New extension consisted of a modern building and two porta huts. 

    Each hut had a 30 amp sub main via twin with earth cable. Four electric heaters each of 3 kw and 9 lamps each of 100 watts. The 30 amp fuses blew regularly.


    The new building had wall mounted gas heaters with an odd control system, whereby the heater was turned OFF by applying 8 volts, this being obtained from a time switch and a bell transformer. It took a six year old a long time to work out the operating principle.
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