Is it on the outside of the house? (Asked as IIRC the new "non-combustible" reg. only applies to CUs "within" domestic premises; but wait for John, Adam et al for a reliable answer.)
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Fused neutral cutout.
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How long will that last against an 18V angle grinder?
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Be very interesting to provide two similar cars - one electric, one diesel, with the same equivalent amount of fuel, and drive them in convoy at a steady speed.
I'll bet a million quid the electric one won't go 6 times as far as the diesel.
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I think it would provided the amount of fuel was measured in Joules, not kilograms.
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Just to go back to basics, does anyone know why these were installed in the first place if they were dangerous, apparently ineffective and involved additional cost? Was it a throwback to DC supply?
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Yes.
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And carry a cheap pair of pliers or wire cutters.
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A doughnut or two takes me that far on foot.
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Would metal not be prone to corrosion and therefore plastic better?
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You have special glass then?
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Journeys of 50 miles or more about twice a week. Journeys of 20 miles or more at least once a day on average.
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You'd be out of pocket.
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Yeah everyone carries one with them.
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In many cases yes. Also centre tap earthing as in a tool transformer. (Both conductors were live to earth.) I took many out as an apprentice. Or replaced the neutral fuse with a solid link
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No but the doors are insulated (metal being a good conductor).
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Then my electric car is perfect for you.
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Would his ladders fit on the roof?
(Falling off can be arranged as a separate extra.)
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Free power in areas with tram lines?
Owain
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Except that most people need a vehicle that can also undertake the occasional long journey, maybe fully loaded, mid-winter and possibly even without any notice. Some need that facility more often than others.
In our case, an electric vehicle would be ideal for my wife's driving, while still having my car for the longer and unexpected journeys - except for the high cost of buying EVs new or for replacing the battery of older, second-hand ones. Her current car cost around £2500, has so far lasted her 9 years and has only done 17,000 miles in that time. What would an EV have cost? When would the battery have needed replacing and at what cost? How much depeciation would there be, particularly as the battery aged?
SteveW
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It could have been a DC supply, but equally could have been some types of AC supply as well. There was a time (we are talking before national grid and standardisation of supply arrangements here) where the supplier's earth was joined to a centre tap on the transformer. So you may have had a situation where earth was at a potential midway between L and N. You could get a shock from L to E, but also N to E since they were not bonded together as in current supply arrangements.
(there were even dual fused consumer units / fuse boards at one point)
I wonder how they deal with this in the US (where this style of centre tapped supply is common), when running 220V appliances that are fed from both of the 110V lives? I would expect in this day and age they would insist on the circuit breaker being a double pole device - but wonder what they did with fuses?