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V.O.E.L.C.B.

It dawned on me fully today while working in an old holiday chalet circa 1940s.


The man in the next chalet was trying to use his old Black and Decker 1970s car boot sourced electric drill outside on the grass. He was making a wooden clothes hanger with wood and pegs. A jolly good job too.


I had had a quick look inside his chalet as he needs some new sockets. The  fuse box is an old cream coloured Wylex 6 way unit with fuse wire carriers. There is an old Crabtree V.O.E.L.C.B. installed before the fuse box.


As he worked in the garden drilling wood, it dawned on me that he had zero shock protection as he would if he had a R.C.C.B. installed.


It's strange how a picture speaks a thousand words.


Z.


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  • If it much more than 50 years old that marks about half time in the development of the pistol trigger hand drill -
    history of electric drills, 1916 to date


    beware the adverts


    Time and the evolution of kit and manufacturing standards is a funny thing. Looking at that leaflet from 1940, 80 years ago, 1980 would be a mid point, and yet 1980 seems almost 'modern times' while as  I recall in 1980, stuff from  1940 felt like another much older era, but the interval is the same . Equally the youngsters tease me for stuff I recall as being 'so last century'.

    Mike.


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  • If it much more than 50 years old that marks about half time in the development of the pistol trigger hand drill -
    history of electric drills, 1916 to date


    beware the adverts


    Time and the evolution of kit and manufacturing standards is a funny thing. Looking at that leaflet from 1940, 80 years ago, 1980 would be a mid point, and yet 1980 seems almost 'modern times' while as  I recall in 1980, stuff from  1940 felt like another much older era, but the interval is the same . Equally the youngsters tease me for stuff I recall as being 'so last century'.

    Mike.


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