And ally foil is extremely valuable for wrapping around a blown cartridge fuse in order to restore the power. Second only to replacing the fuse with a piece of 6" nail or quarter inch bolt __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 00:19, RussellMc wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 02:20, Martin McCormick > wrote: > > > > > One memory stands out vividly in my mind. I must have > > been 9 or 10 years old which would have been around 1960 or 61. > > I was at my aunt's house and she and my grandmother were > > decorating the tree when a strand of tinsel made an impromptu > > shunt between two bulbs. There was a bang like a fire cracker as > > the shunt turned in to aluminum vapor and my grandmother could > > have launched in to orbit right then but my aunt acted like 'hey! > > This happens all the time.'. Neither got shocked and nothing > > else happened but I was developing an interest in electricity at > > that time and I remember thinking that it was fortunate that > > nothing worse than a flash and a loud bang happened. Too bad it > > didn't wait until New Year's Eve. > > > > > DTTAH!!! .... > > Stirs memories of pieces of Al foil that occasionally managed, by some > strange means [tm] to find their way into lamp sockets across the contact= s. > Turn on light. Flash / bang. Normal weight foil tends to blow fuses as we= ll > as remove said Al strip. No doubt a slightly more fusible alternative > exists that allows fuses or typical breakers to survive. Maybe some > Christmas tree tinsel would do the job? > > > Russell > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .