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packman

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16. Damn, I was about to post that "penny in the socket"

Reply to BBG (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 20, 2021, 12:29 PM

Feb 2021

I remember those old-fashioned, screw in fuses with the clear glass on the top so you could see if the fuse was blown. Gotta keep in mind that most houses in those olden days were wired for , probably, 100 or less amps.

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What's a fuse? My experience with an old house... [View all] CTyankee Feb 2021 OP

Oh, I KNOW. My grandmother's big old historical brick house (had once been a 19th century tavern) hlthe2b Feb 2021 #1

I really think my real estate agent should have known that and warned us about it. CTyankee Feb 2021 #3

This is what inspections are for, by either the city/state jurisdiction or you, or perhaps other SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #5

I'm sure our real estate agent "assumed" like us. CTyankee Feb 2021 #10

A house, with 'good bones', as you say, is always a treasure. If you have one, sure it may be ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #20

I figure my house was one of the last houses built in our neighborhood before WW2 when no CTyankee Feb 2021 #21

Hope springs eternal for our life to re-emerge here. SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #23

A fuse is hint to upgrade your circut box! marble falls Feb 2021 #2

Oh, NOW you tell me! CTyankee Feb 2021 #4

You didn't find any pennies in there, did you? MyOwnPeace Feb 2021 #9

No. I let experts do that. I was working full time as was hubby... CTyankee Feb 2021 #11

I know.... hlthe2b Feb 2021 #12

I thought it was what you use pennies on BBG Feb 2021 #8

Damn, I was about to post that "penny in the socket" packman Feb 2021 #16

Usually means 2 wire outlets, no ground. Probably knob and spool wiring. LiberalArkie Feb 2021 #15

was the wiring insulated with paper? Kali Feb 2021 #6

A fuse is your safety valve for the electrical circuit. Hotler Feb 2021 #7

What did being jewish. Reformed, Orthodox or otherwise have to do with knowing about fuseboxes? bullimiami Feb 2021 #13

It doesn't. The reference to the Orthodox Jews was the fact that they desired a house near enough CTyankee Feb 2021 #22

lived in a similar neighborhood. the payos on the boys always brings a smile. bullimiami Feb 2021 #24

That sounds like an old Green Acres episode. Arkansas Granny Feb 2021 #14

Changing fuses used to be one way men justified their existence. malthaussen Feb 2021 #17

That's the thing you put a penny behind gibraltar72 Feb 2021 #18

TWO things???????? MyOwnPeace Feb 2021 #19