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#152188 - 10/30/06 02:48 AM Re: Problem with the old Fuse Box
pauluk Offline
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Registered: 08/11/01
Posts: 7693
Loc: Norfolk, England
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Now for the "put chewing gum foil over the fuse to make it work again"...


I've seen that done with kitchen foil and the cartridge fuses we use in our plugs more times than I care to recall.

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#152189 - 10/30/06 04:53 AM Re: Problem with the old Fuse Box
Texas_Ranger Offline
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Registered: 12/17/01
Posts: 2115
Loc: Vienna, Austria
Oh yeah... my dad did that after trying to plug his hairdryer into a UK adaptor and realizing it was originally fitted with a 2A fuse... seems solid enough to take more though.

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#152190 - 11/02/06 09:48 PM Re: Problem with the old Fuse Box
yaktx Offline
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Registered: 02/19/03
Posts: 286
Loc: Austin, Texas, USA
I've seen the foil trick used to get a scissor lift going again. (Foil off a cigarette pack.) Then again, that was probably the least of the safety violations I saw on that job.

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