Old garage switch

It pre dates most of the people on this forum.

 

BILL Crown fuse unit, maybe some of the older sparks on here have installed them...

Dates from the 1950's, wouldn't think it's any earlier, I could be wrong.

See this linky, they would like for their collection I would think.

http://www.flameport.com/electric_museum/old_equipment/bill_crown_4way_fusebox.cs4

 

Haven't seen one of those for many years. Very reliable in their day.

Kind regards

 

Ripped a few out never fitted one.........lol

 

wow now there is some gorg retro tec pitty its missing the fuse (wire) cariers or i would be snaping your wrist to get my hands on it (to add to my stack of retro parts for display) love it.

 

Look again Alex. They are sat on top of the unit complete with fuse wire.

Kind regards

 

What there is in a house I am involved with. If anyone wants the bits when they are eventually removed let me know!! cable from top of centre unit to lighting circuit is lead covered.

 

oh mr rusty i would love to own what you have there i just cant pay for the postage and live to far away to travel to england (or the rest of the u.k. just to get them) and when i say all i mean all even the wooden boards and the cermic insulators for the wooden board (screws unimportant) just gorg

 

joys of looking at it on a phone screen

 

Oh yes,a bit of vaseline on the switch lever and keep the contacts clean and tight and they'd run forever.

 

trust me if i get anything this old its for display only (not to be re used.

 

Yes but I've no doubt it would work,even after all those years,how much of this modern junk will still be serviceable in 50 or 60 years?

 

Ah, there lies the problem. In the mad world where a house earns more than its occupants in a year who cares about the TCO(Total Cost of Ownership) of the infrastructure. An attitude that can prevail is "Take the cheapest quote with the cheapest gear, take the profit and let the next poor sucker sort it out".