Mostly it isn't all that springy but quite malleable.
When I lived in England, many of the older circuits had porcelain fuse holders,
a device with prongs which push into a slotted panel something like one of our
plugs only larger. The holder has a couple of screws, you select a length of
fuse wire of the appropriate amperage, loop one end around one screw, pass it
through a sort of hoop and around the other screw. When the circuit is over
loaded this wire burns through. The function is the same as our cartridge fuses
but the wire is exposed.
Remember the Beatles?
"I could be handy
mending a fuse
when your lights are gone"
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Fowle
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:58 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] changed fuse wire?
What is "fuse wire?"
Only thing I know called fuse wire is almost solder used in some weird
equipment
as fuses.
What I've seen wouldn't be springy.
Tom Fowle
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