Fused

Someone local discovered I'd on the qt did the odd (unpaid) minor repairs for electronics. Which has become a bloomin' nuisance. So the world and it's mother has been at my door wanting everything from valve radios to lamps and fuses testing.

I mean gosh. How much is a 13 Amp fuse? 10 pence for a single? 25p for a pack of 4?

Here's a simple fuse tester.

Grab an old fashioned torch, turn it on. Unscrew the top. Where the batteries go in.  Inside the top of the lid you'll find some metal. Grab a paper clip, a bit of wire, a fork, a spoon, paper clip  or a bit of metal.

Between the metal in the top, the top of the batteries, insert the metal the fuse. If the torch lights up, the fuse is a good'un. Sorted.


The idea is to create a ring of metal, in which the top and the bottom has batteries and a light in with a gap. In the gap, we insert a the fuse. something like this.






Somewhere in the lines, insert a fuse - which will be the same as a switch. Or better. Just buy a new fuse.

Catchya.