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Ed.Kloonk:

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--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 05, 2021, 11:35:45 pm ---The house is about 35 years old.

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What material is the swinging panel made of--the one that the breakers are mounted on?

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Compressed Camel shit.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Standard-Blank-Black-Meter-Box-Panel-580mm-x-560mm-NSW-Standard/192961909857

Naguissa:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 06, 2021, 12:46:09 am ---
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on February 06, 2021, 12:34:23 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 05, 2021, 11:35:45 pm ---The house is about 35 years old.

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What material is the swinging panel made of--the one that the breakers are mounted on?

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Compressed Camel shit.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Standard-Blank-Black-Meter-Box-Panel-580mm-x-560mm-NSW-Standard/192961909857?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131231084308%26meid%3Deed5fc6728fb473a827ec9b11a3a8814%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D202154141541%26itm%3D192961909857%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWithAblationExplorer&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109

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Probably kangoroo shit, cutted with ausie knife...


PS: It´s a joke!

Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: Naguissa on February 06, 2021, 12:48:41 am ---
Probably kangoroo shit, cutted with ausie knife...


PS: It´s a joke!

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 ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_cameleers_in_Australia

Naguissa:
Jokes aside.

I have a little kid, but even without him I wanted a non-gas house.

I wanted a safe place, and as I bougth this house, I priorized electrical wiring over anything on the restoration (50+ year old house).


Now I want to get solar pannels and bateries to get off-grid, but economical status of Spain is horrible, so I (we) need to calculate every little step,...

Still, electric appliances are so easy to protect and rework that any improvement is quite easy, even if you have to bypass local regulations...




I remember when I was a kid: I rewired a village house upper floor: I intalled a shielded whire, 3.5Kw outdoors whire, in my grandmother house, to feed 2 bulbs. It had two tiny wires, near 70 y.o.  I used that wire because..... it was in a village house, having mud (adobe, not the computer one) walls...


And it's still in uae, even when I'm just hovering 40....




Anyway, usually any wire is enougth, but I prefer oversized wires to be capable to handle future needs,

Brumby:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 06, 2021, 12:23:27 am ---
--- Quote from: Labrat101 on February 05, 2021, 11:44:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 05, 2021, 11:35:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: Labrat101 on February 05, 2021, 11:30:02 pm ---That type of fuse board Layout was banned here 30 ++ years ago.

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The house is about 35 years old.

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Dave . I would really recommend you Get that Box Totally Replaced with the new rail Mount
enclosure and a complete rewire .
  I would hate for one of your future Video's  showing how your house went up in smoke .
 That Box layout is a real NO NO . I would but that on your
" I must do list as number 1 project . "  .. Do it for the Kids Safety if nothing else ..

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The layout is fine and quite common. Portable heaters here burn down many more houses than fuse boxes.

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Exactly.

Just because it isn't pretty, doesn't mean it's dangerous.

There are tens of thousands of installations that look just like this - and most owners won't know about the tangle behind the board because they won't look at anything but the meters and fuses/breakers.  (Yes, there are still a lot of ceramic fuses still out there.)

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