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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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    Ah pre-fabricated classrooms - the only part of my junior school to have 13A sockets,  one in each of the two rooms... Many short extension leads, 5A round to 13A, and vice versa, 15A to 13A, 5A to 15 A etc.

    I do vividly recall the day one of the caretakers stood on the desk to change a rather recalcitrant filament lamp - large globe thing, may have been 150W, I'm not really sure.  This had a screw in base, and it stuck, then as he applied rather more force the threaded part came away from the glass, with a crunch, then with a very loud bang and flash all the lights went out in both sides of the hut, causing the other teacher to come through to ask why..

    We did not learn much about electricity that day, but many of us sitting close enough to the desk in question learnt a new word !

    The local authority sparks came later that  day and removed the base of the lamp with pliers and then restored power, presumably with a length of fuse wire somewhere further upstream.

    Mike.
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    Ah pre-fabricated classrooms - the only part of my junior school to have 13A sockets,  one in each of the two rooms... Many short extension leads, 5A round to 13A, and vice versa, 15A to 13A, 5A to 15 A etc.

    I do vividly recall the day one of the caretakers stood on the desk to change a rather recalcitrant filament lamp - large globe thing, may have been 150W, I'm not really sure.  This had a screw in base, and it stuck, then as he applied rather more force the threaded part came away from the glass, with a crunch, then with a very loud bang and flash all the lights went out in both sides of the hut, causing the other teacher to come through to ask why..

    We did not learn much about electricity that day, but many of us sitting close enough to the desk in question learnt a new word !

    The local authority sparks came later that  day and removed the base of the lamp with pliers and then restored power, presumably with a length of fuse wire somewhere further upstream.

    Mike.
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