Hi Chuck,
If you are referring to the small solid wires that connect to the fuse, they
are not structural parts, just copper conductors. They are working at main
line voltage, which I have no knowledge of, but would suspect it is between
6 and 13kV, hence the current is rather small. When you are wearing gloves
and making connections HOT, you have little interest artistic appearances.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Thoughts About Infrastructure
> 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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