My auxiliary fuse board out in the workshop has a circuit breaker on it, but the main one in the house has regular fuse boxes. Most light bulbs have two little extrusions at the base and they are fitted into matching notches in the fixed part of the connection and then the bulb is turned so that it will not fall out. Jewel "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 12:55 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses
We don't make fuses, we buy them already made. House circuits, when fused use a glass cartridge fuse which screws into a receptacle or socket. Our lamp bulbs screw into sockets as well. I believe your bulbs are the bayonet style of fitting with two spring loaded contacts which connect with contacts on the bottom of the bulb base. Ours have one contact on the bottom of the base, the threaded wall forms the other contact. There are tubular fuses with metal capped ends too, something like those used in the more modern British 13 Amp ring circuit wiring which they install into the big square plugs but which we more usually use in automotive fused circuits or occasionally in the equipment itself. Now of course most circuits are protected by switched circuit breakers. I don't know if the ring main is used in New Zealand or Australia. Switch style circuit breakers are becoming more common in England I do know, they were unknown when I lived there 40 years ago. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie ----- Original Message ----- From: Jewel To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders Fuse wire not available in the USA! What do you use instead for making fuses? Jewel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders Hi Jewel, I doubt fuse wire is available in North America. Your point though is well taken. Any fine stiff wire would do. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie ----- Original Message ----- From: Jewel To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders Linda! You can make your own by taking a short length of fuse wire and doubling it. Put the thread in the elbow and poke it through the eye in the needle. The wire will take the thread through and then all you need to do is hold the thread and slip the fuse wire off it. This is, virtually, the same as the ones you can get from blind equipment places with the exception that the little piece of tin to which the fuse wire is attached is not there, and it is not necessary anyway. Jewel ----- Original Message ----- From: "lvmumford" <lmumf...@uga.edu> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:15 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders I need to do some hand sewing and would like some advice about needle threaders. I am completely blind and I know there are needle threaders out there but don't know whick ones are the most blind user friendly. 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