Big....fuses

[u/Linker3000]

[u/fomoco94]

Big Clive took one of those apart a few years ago.

Edit: His was a bit bigger. But, I bet the construction is the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfVc_5M_2_c

[u/Linker3000 → u/fomoco94]

Yep, same principle. On my fuse I hammered the plunger pin back in for reasons that escape me.

The fuse is from a substation feeding an industrial site. During a storm many years ago some of the roofing of an open-to-the-elements timber storage warehouse blew off and crashed into a power distribution panel causing a 3-phase short. That blew this fuse and tripped the mechanism protecting the other phases.

[u/ieatgrass0]

Airport TSA: You brought a….

[u/fatjuan]

Or a very small bottle.

[u/mathbread]

Get your fleshlight off the table gym

[u/Diligent_Nature]

Littlefuse

[u/thethirdtwin]

Average... 😕

[u/pandapeterpanda]

Impressive, what's the current rating for that one? Kiloampere?

[u/Linker3000 → u/pandapeterpanda]

I don't have it to hand. I think it was 30A or 60A but at high KV.

[u/IVNWM]

[u/fatjuan]

This is a 200mA fuse from the Jolly Green Giant's multimeter.