Fuse replacement

Roy in UK · Feb 3, 2016

Or how to blow the fusebox off the wall

James Williams · Feb 3, 2016

Heres a piece of copper tubing ive used in a pinch.I used it to keep sewage from running into the creek

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ss55 · Feb 3, 2016

Fire starters?

rrlund · Feb 3, 2016

I think there's a gum wrapper wrapped around the fuse in the chopper controls.

M-MAN · Feb 3, 2016

I'm old enough to remember when at least half the cars on the road had at least one fuse wrapped in foil from a stick of gum or a cigarette pack. Was supposed to be a get you home deal but most folks forgot about it when they did.

rrman61 · Feb 3, 2016

Hey Roy from what I here you might as well use cartridges for fuses,aren't most firearms pretty much banned in the UK?

Brown Swiss · Feb 3, 2016

OH man, there was guy at the mine runnin the locomotive, fuse blew so he tried to use his butter knife, fried the panel pretty good!

Roy in UK · Feb 3, 2016

Well yes you can have firearms in The UK but you need a licence. A shotgun certificate is required if you intend to use a shotgun and if you have an air rifle that is above 600 fps it is counted as a 'firearm' too. Looking at it another way though, crimes involving guns in The UK are VERY rare.

Gambles · Feb 3, 2016

Several years ago, there was an internet rumor flying around where a redneck used a .22 shell in place of a fuse in an older pickup and, of course, it got hot, fired, and killed him.
Pretty sure it was a hoax.

FBH44 · Feb 4, 2016

I'm retired from City Utilities, but we had seen almost everything put back in when we pulled the electric meter for non=payment. Best thing, and it worked for a while.... was two steak knives pushed into the blade sockets. Works! Will carry a load, Steel coat hanger pieces only work for a few lights, not for A/C heat pumps. Never saw anybody get killed, but it was not for lack of trying.

donjr · Feb 4, 2016

May not be so much rumor. Guys made the Darwin Award list back around 10 years ago. Two brothers- as the story goes- went out gigging frogs one night. On the way home, the truck lights went out and they found a blown fuse, but no fuses. They did find a .22 Mag shell, so used it. The lights came on, and down the road they go. The shell heated up, went off and hit the driver in the family jewels. He drove into a tree, and put both of them in the hospital. State cop notified their mother that Dumb and Dumber were now down in the emergency ward. She asked the mountie, "What happened to the frogs they caught?".........

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