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Posted By: Admin HIGH VOLTAGE CUT OUT - 01/11/06 04:11 PM
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Recently aquired six of these. Can anyone date? Building was built in 1922. I don't think they're that old.

- D.W.
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Posted By: Hemingray Re: HIGH VOLTAGE CUT OUT - 01/11/06 04:24 PM
they appear to be from around that time.
Posted By: George Corron Re: HIGH VOLTAGE CUT OUT - 01/12/06 11:13 AM
They could well be from that time period, but they are still around today. We used to call them "door" fuses.

Can you guess why we consider them a REAL PITA???

Regular shotgun stick won't work. Fusing stick has nothing to grab. You've gotta climb/bucket up, remove it and replace it hoping it ain't faulted, or find a large closing fork and try it very sloppy.

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Posted By: Rewired Re: HIGH VOLTAGE CUT OUT - 01/15/06 02:49 PM
Yeah! The newer ones are made of fiberglass I was told by a trouble person from Hydro.. He also told me they are more prone to arcing and burning up than the older porcelain ones. ):
A.D
Posted By: Theelectrikid Re: HIGH VOLTAGE CUT OUT - 02/13/06 02:15 AM
Many of them have gone into flames on the poles around here. Most have been replaced, but there are still the replacement doors hanging on the crossarms.

Ian A.
Posted By: yaktx Re: HIGH VOLTAGE CUT OUT - 02/17/06 01:32 AM
Wow. I've heard linemen refer to primary cutouts as "doors", which never made sense to me. Now it does. Kinda like "cord cap", and "solid neutral", terms that recall a time when there were both solid and fused neutrals, etc.
Posted By: pauluk Re: HIGH VOLTAGE CUT OUT - 02/17/06 03:39 PM
So what is the origin of the "cord cap" term?
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