Posted by IIVQ |
12/5/2005 8:49 PM | remove |
Looks like polished wood
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Posted by inventor |
12/5/2005 9:57 PM | remove |
It does, doesn't it? But wood isn't a great insulator when damp, so I wondered if it was mica. Unfortunately I didn't have time to check.
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Posted by IIVQ |
12/8/2005 11:54 AM | remove |
True, but laquored* wood doesn't get wet very easy... Is that the right word or should I say varnished?
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Posted by lost |
12/8/2005 1:36 PM | remove |
Maybe it was just a improvisation?
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Posted by lost |
12/8/2005 1:36 PM | remove |
*n...
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Posted by inventor |
12/9/2005 4:19 AM | remove |
I think it probably is polished and varnished wood, as the fuse holders have their own plastic insulation. The difference between varnish and lacquer is a bit vague, but people usually talk about varnishing wood.
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Posted by lost |
12/9/2005 1:01 PM | remove |
But like you said, wood is a terrible insulator, especially when damp - maybe the original bracket or backing fell apart and somebody bodged it up with this?
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Posted by inventor |
12/10/2005 5:21 AM | remove |
Who knows? But that doesn't look like a bodge job to me. It's neat.
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Posted by lost |
12/10/2005 1:30 PM | remove |
True. Go back and find out!
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Posted by TurboZutek |
4/19/2006 3:55 PM | remove |
I think it's probably wood, given that if you have a wet fuse box, the least of your worries would be the back-plate conducting.
More pressing would be the matter of all your damp staff dancing around and the associated lawsuits.
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Posted by inventor |
4/20/2006 7:50 AM | remove |
I just bought some Tufnol which looks a bit like that. Either it's wood or Tufnol. I wish I'd looked more closely now!
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Posted by jjcoolj |
6/30/2007 3:02 AM | remove |
Here in the "states" we call it Bakelite.
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Posted by inventor |
7/6/2007 6:44 PM | remove |
Bakelite is resin with sawdust added as a filler. Tufnol is sheets of fibre stacked together and compressed, then soaked in resin. Tufnol is harder to break than bakelite.
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Posted by EllesmereDairySparky |
8/1/2020 2:40 PM | remove |
It was wood. I worked on these in the 1970's at the factory.
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Posted by EllesmereDairySparky |
8/1/2020 2:42 PM | remove |
Lovely action on the hanlde/spring when turning on these isolators.
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Posted by EllesmereDairySparky |
8/1/2020 2:45 PM | remove |
'Rooter' the old electrician used to show us just where the hidden .1 solid copper cables were. Thern each Autumn (fall) we could go cut several lenghts to strip down. My job! Taking the outer steel wired, then LEAD shielding, then the wonderful solid copper conductors. This would be taken to Bert Butlers scrapyard were it was weighed and the cash paid directly to the engineers. This was our Christmas party/meal/booze up money! Good times!
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