[Gllug] OT: Mains electricity colour coding.

[Alain Williams]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:31:54AM +0100, t.clarke wrote:
> With regard to fuses, it seems to be a common misconception that, for example,
> a 5A fuse will blow if yout push more than 5A through it.

I remember, many years ago, looking at the fusebox on a house that my parents had
just bought. There had evidentally been a problem with the lighting circuit since
the 5A fuse had been replace with a 3" nail!

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