Changing a Fuse in an Old Wylex board

[Taylortwocities]

I came across this today and thought that it might amuse some of our listeners.

Produced by VideoJug.

Have a close look at the video on the page and listen to step 4 and spot the deliberate mistake.

http://www.wikihow.com/Change-a-Fuse-in-a-Wylex-Standard-Fuse-Box

There's a few other unsavoury bits in other sections too!

 

[electronicsuk]

Gotta love those 'wirecutters', too!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I rather like the advice in the written step #3 about what to do if you don't know where your fuse box is.

And did you see the damage and scorch marks? I wonder how many times they caused a fault during the filming...

Anyway - full marks to these people:



they obviously know their stuff.

 

[securespark]

Full marks? For suggesting the main isolator switches off automatically in the event of a ruptured fusewire??

 

[Taylortwocities]

Exactly! What a wonderful thing that old Wylex board really is.

The lighting fuse blows and the main switch automatically trips out, I don't think so...

 

[jockspark]

chelsea electrical the most expensive shop in london he has changed his name 4 times that i can remember

 

[kai]

Exactly! What a wonderful thing that old Wylex board really is.

The lighting fuse blows and the main switch automatically trips out, I don't think so...

The only time a main switch could trip when a lamp fails, is when a 30mA RCD is the main incoming device on a CU perhaps.

 

[RF Lighting]

You don't see many of them fitted to old wylex boards, which is what the wiki entry is about...

Besides, a failing lamp will NOT trip an RCD.