I have asked my father if how old this fuse is. He answered me that it aged 70 years plus.

I have looked at many different houses' fuses, and this one seems to be very classic and dangerous.

Eh, I'll keep this fuse mine.

Um, you guys, I know you had much ancient electrical things than mine. Don't you mind sharing it?

Please no joke.

Lightfire

 

When I was kid back in Ireland we had wire fuses. If the fuse went, you had to replace a bit of wire in a holder. We had several card-spools of wire of different amperage ratings as replacements.

 

When I was kid back in Ireland we had wire fuses. If the fuse went, you had to replace a bit of wire in a holder. We had several card-spools of wire of different amperage ratings as replacements.

How old is your fuse? Do you have a picture of it? Is it still in good condition?

Thanks....

 

That's a mental image from my distant past Lightfire. I don't have a picture or an example I can show. Sorry.

 

That's a mental image from my distant past Lightfire. I don't have a picture or an example I can show. Sorry.

Okay.

Guys, as you may see, my old fuse is composed only of "knife switch" and fuse.

 

I have something like this still in my basement, it does not even have a box to protect it! It's just mounted to the joist. My house is 77 years old.

 

I have something like this still in my basement, it does not even have a box to protect it! It's just mounted to the joist. My house is 77 years old.

That's dangerous!

 

A lot of old houses are. There was a book of electrical standards dating over 100 years ago that was a hoot linked on AAC a while back, there has been a lot of learning since then.

 

We had a ring type cartridge that you pulled out to disconnect the house. I can remember trying to feed 12/2 in there with rubber gloves, and standing on a wooden plank because the floor was always damp. Scared the hell outta me cause the mains were still live, and exposed. , but I couldn't figure out a better way cause you would have to call the power company to pull the meter each time you wished to split a circuit. I was glad when I finally had the funds to have a modern 200 amp service installed.