The general public's understanding of fuses

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The general public's understanding of fuses

Postby HIDLamp » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:18 pm

Fake Britain was on this morning and they were discussing fake plug fuses. They went out asking random people what they knew about them. One lady said that the '13 'A'' is for the iron, the '5 'A' is for the kettle and the pink one is universal. Thing is it keeps most of you in a job.
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Re: The general public's understanding of fuses

Postby FrontSideBus » Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:24 pm

I've got a cap screw in the plug for the variac :)
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Re: The general public's understanding of fuses

Postby HIDLamp » Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:53 pm

100A slow blow?
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Re: The general public's understanding of fuses

Postby AngryHorse » Fri Sep 02, 2016 7:35 am

The pink ones is universal?, excellent I didn`t know that, I need one of those for my tumble drier! ;roll
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Re: The general public's understanding of fuses

Postby Danny » Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:37 am

That's why women shouldn't be allowed near electrics
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Re: The general public's understanding of fuses

Postby Slyspark » Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:31 pm

I'll have to get some of those 'Universal' fuses as I don't seem to have any in my van....... lol
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Re: The general public's understanding of fuses

Postby FrontSideBus » Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:15 pm

I've seen rolled up chewing gun foil used as a fuse before...
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Re: The general public's understanding of fuses

Postby AngryHorse » Sat Sep 03, 2016 7:54 am

LOL, I`ve seen a single strand of copper from flex wound around the fuse pins, (several times), before!
It looked like a tiny transformer in the plug! :mrgreen:
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