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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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    mapj1:
    ..had a call from a man ..his socket didn't work! It didn't, as the carer had plugged an extension lead in to run a heater ..

    His father had bought the house in 1934 and had electricity put in and a socket.

    Assuming it was not a 13A plug being forced into a round pin socket - just about possible with some designs- my money is on the socket being on a 5A fused radial, and therefore not man enough for the heater.

    Mike.


     


    It was a 13A socket as someone in the distance past had changed the 15A to 13A but naturally left the lead cable in.

    Lighting was lead and the whole place had just a 15a MEM switchfuse for the socket and a couple of 'porcelain ceiling roses' with 5a fusewire into lead 1.044 twin cable for lighting. 


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    mapj1:
    ..had a call from a man ..his socket didn't work! It didn't, as the carer had plugged an extension lead in to run a heater ..

    His father had bought the house in 1934 and had electricity put in and a socket.

    Assuming it was not a 13A plug being forced into a round pin socket - just about possible with some designs- my money is on the socket being on a 5A fused radial, and therefore not man enough for the heater.

    Mike.


     


    It was a 13A socket as someone in the distance past had changed the 15A to 13A but naturally left the lead cable in.

    Lighting was lead and the whole place had just a 15a MEM switchfuse for the socket and a couple of 'porcelain ceiling roses' with 5a fusewire into lead 1.044 twin cable for lighting. 


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