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electrical humour

PeterT

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The sad thing is as a kid I remember seeing 'money' in the electrical panel. Not our house mind you... someone else's house LOL
 

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Money? Just use some copper pipe. Or copper wire. Or at least aluminum. You do not want a glowing piece of metal. I guess very thick piece of metal would do. In order to make sure no pesky neighbor sees you being cheap hide your copper in original enclosure.
 
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I remember pennies used to replace a frequently blown fuse in boxes when I was young too. Never occurred to me until I was older than some Einstein had to push that in with his finger at some point. Probably a wet finger too.

How did anyone survive past 20 in those days?
 
I remember watching a senior tech working on a power supply, he shorted the fuse holder with a piece of 12g wire and found the fault by looking for smoke. Then he tagged it non repairable as the cct board had lit up in flames.
 
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