Looks like they had been hitting the bottle whilst they wired it up. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/29/2012 3:29 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> We hear a lot about infrastructure, "the grid", and other public and
> commercial systems that need to be updated for future needs. As we add more
> and more electronic and convenience gadgets to our households, we sometimes
> forget how dependent we are on electricity. That becomes immediately
> apparent when the power gets interrupted.
>
> The fuse link shown below supplies electricity to 40 homes in a 3-block area.
> When it blows because of a fallen limb or suicidal squirrel, it sounds
> exactly like a 12-gauge shotgun. The last failure occurred at night during a
> steady rain, so the linemen had to deal with a treacherous situation in
> replacing the fuse. We have been promised that the fuse will be replaced
> with an automatic recloser, but that was more than a year ago and the fuse
> still carries the load. I'm sure similar situations exist all over the
> country.
>
> Critical fuse link:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fuse+Assembly.jpg.html
>
> Olympus E-1 with Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135/3.5
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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