Odd question - how do I blow a fuse without burning down my house?
I need a blown plug fuse for something and I don't have one (I always throw them away if they blow). how do I made a good one into a bad one? Without sticking 240V across it?
spog
Sticking 240v across them is how they often blow. Nothing terrible happens.
Come on, what for?
This reminds me of a students design for a fuse tester. Bung it across the mains, if it blows it was a good one ;)
Why not stick 240v across it the
Actually, use some jump leads and a car battery. With luck it won't explode and take your eye out :-)
Or the solar powered torch with no battery. :-))
In article , spog writes
I used to work with a bloke who put blown fuses back in the box. Not a real problem with glass fuses for PCs etc, but ceramics...
He also used to log customer problem reports on the PC under Mr or Mrs rather than the surname. Took me forever to find Mary Jones, who turned out to be a doctor!
Did anyone come up with the correct and safest way to blow a fuse?
If it's 5 amp, put it in the kettle plug and try to make a nice cup of tea.
If 13 amp, put it in a 4-way extension and boil several kettles.
Roger.
In a similar vein, what are these 'wind-up, solar-powered radios' that Radio 2 keep giving away on Popmaster? Which are they?
Hello Spog,
Well, in a rather dreadful hotel with a radio in the next room, empty and locked, at 0600 on a Sunday morning I put my nailfile across the earth and live pins of a 13A plug and switched the socket on - it took out the ringmain fuse beautifully and not a mark on the nailfile!
LOL !!! :-))
Put a low current fuse in a high current appliance.
MJ
In message , Bob Eager writes
These were originally developed/marketed for use in developing countries where there is no reliable electricity supply and where batteries are also scarce. Not a gimmick in such situations.
I'm perfectly aware of that. But:
a) This is a very different model to the ruggedised versions originally developed.
b) I was referring to the solar panel, not the radio as a whole.
In message , Bob Eager writes
so sorry - I'll go back in the cupboard
Dave Plowman wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@argonet.co.uk:
Yes, I've got a sony wind-up that batteries last so long in I can't be bothered to wind it up.... AND it's got a led to tell you that you're tuned in, which Ill get around to dissing one day
mike r
A very safe way to blow fuses is to put a 3A fuse in the kettle plug and switch on. The result will be very very boring.
Like watching paint dry?
Take it to the neighbours and burn down theirs... :S
"Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs." Teach your grandfather to blow fuses...
Connect it across a car battery, it can provide hundreds amps.
Jozef
--=20 J=F3zek Wendland gadu-gadu 2441972
I should have mentioned that it will need to be a 13A fuse as it's supposed to have come from a kettle.
A lot of useful/insane replies - thanks guys n gals. I have learnt why there are so many DIY injuries every year!
It was in the back of my mind that heating the fue would cause the fuse wire to melt - maybe wrap it in tinfoil and heat it with a blowlamp? (That way, we get to use fire - always a source of fun!).
Without trying to jump start myself, I think I'll try the above suggestion. Can anyone lend me a few kettles for a day?
spog
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