Todays workfun

Fused spur with the fuse box in a cupboard behind a filing cabinet? "Beware of the leopard"?

In message , ARW writes

Tone generator and a cat?

Is that a big spring that I can see in one of the photos? I had a barrier similar to yours where the spring had snapped, it trashed the electronics that were inside the cabinet, rather glad I was no where near it when it went.

Interesting - thanks for sharing...

I feel your pain. Summer fete at primary school - we took out the hall sockets. Took me 15 minutes to locate the failed MCB - in the panel by the kitchen which was furthest from the hall, of course. Big panels, loads of MCBs and several of which were (presumably) supposed to be off.

We took a guess at the 32A one that was off (but could easily have been a 20A).

That was a village primary with 6 classrooms on one floor, one building

- not exactly a megalithic structure!

Could well be that sort of hunt.

There used to be a car park nearby with a CU under a manhole cover in the car park. It was fun working on that once I found it.

It also once took me the best part of three hours in a house to find a fusebox that was hidden in the cavity wall under the windowsill.

There are stories of functioning computers being bricked up - first time I've heard of a CU. Who does that?

the most impressive was a lit gas light walled up for 90 years. When unearthed it was still lit. I failed to find a link to it when I looked for it later though.

NT

I've found a few valved TV distribution amps in the lofts of council houses and in wallboxes on the gable ends, still powered and all nice and smokey.

Bill

The gas in the building had never been turned off (e.g., for service) in 90 years? Or was it a street light that someone built a wall around?

All I could find was

Neon is a gas isn;t it ;-)

It was found walled off in a house, still lit. It seems odd that it never g ot turned off, but such things can happen. I remember visiting one place in about '89 where one part of the building still had old gas lighting and no electricity. But I've failed to find the article since.

NT

Urban myth. You must be simple minded to believe it.

Can't be the UK. Gas pipes were purged of town gas and replaced with NG

It must have had air vents for a start.

Andy