Electrical Questions = Fuse boxes.

Efour · 9 Oct 2019 at 13:49

Has anyone got a fuse box like this in the UK? Ceramic fuses.
Id never seen anything like this until i moved to Sweden where it is standard in older properties.

These things are horrific and scare the crap out of me.
Thats a stock image btw. I saw it had a UK plug on it and it got me thinking cos im 40 and id never seen one of those in England....

I guess i just missed out?

BigBoy · 9 Oct 2019 at 15:37

Nope not a thing like that over here.

the-evaluator · 9 Oct 2019 at 15:54

I had a hotel room in a crappy hotel in Uppsala about 15 years ago that had a fuse box like that. Can't say I've seen one over here though.

Beer_MonsterUK · 9 Oct 2019 at 16:39

Diazed/Neozed type fuses are quite common, though I only find them in industrial control panels made in Europe.

They'll still give good overcurrent/fault protection.

Adam_151 · 9 Oct 2019 at 22:13

As the Beer monster says, those are Diazed/Neozed/Bottle fuses. Don't see them in in boards on the mainland, quite common in Ireland I beleive though. We generally had rewireable fuses over here, the wylex standard boards were incredably common https://www.flameport.com/electric_museum/wylex_fuse_boxes/wylex_standard_brown_wooden.cs4

The Bill 3phase ones can be scary, especially if missing the paxolin covers over the busbars, had a little woven asbestos pad behind each fuse as well

Kol · 10 Oct 2019 at 09:53

Also check out the post Efixx did on this: https://www.efixx.co.uk/Articles/consumer_units_of_the_world

Gaz and Joe started doing a CU around the world competition; it's amazing what's out there compared to ours throughout the years.

Big fan of JW, too, as posted by Adam. He knows his stuff inside out. Worth viewing his YT channel.

psd99 · 10 Oct 2019 at 10:03

woaah never seen that
looks like johnny no5's eyes in ceramic

Efour · 11 Oct 2019 at 02:23

Yes My mums 1930s build terraced house had One of those wylex fuse boxes.

I remember it as a kid.