What's this?

[Triple7]

Just for idle curiosity really.......

I found this on my living room floor the other day, it looks to be a fuse of some sort but I have checked all appliances in the vicinity and everything works, so I am at a loss as to where it came from.

It's approx 23mm long x 6mm in diameter.

If anyone knows I'd be grateful so I might be able to track down what is now, probably, not going to work.

Thanks,

Tim

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[Anmer]

Looks similar to an automotive bulb but the twisted filament doesn't

[Anmer]

Could it be out of a radio?

[Triple7]

I honestly have no idea where it came from - it just appeared on my floor. The only "radio" I have is my AVR receiver but that still works fine.

Baffled.

Tim

[Breitling]

It looks old-fashioned but I think it is a kind of fuse. This is a modern one you can usually find on microwave ovens to protect the magnetron:

[mezoo]

I also think it looks more like a lamp.

Anything gone dark lately ?
Maybe some device, not normally used, but that was carried from A to B ?

A fuse,  like those in Breitling pictures, would have some indication of voltage (eg 220V) and current (eg 1A) stamped on the metal nase.

[Triple7]

Thanks to all who replied here and in the Chat section.

It is a lamp, I put 12v across it and it lit, but not very brightly so I am not sure what voltage would be required for it to give any meaningful light.

I'm still none the wiser as to where it came from but at least I know what it is now.

Tim

[Anmer]

Maybe a car boot bulb?

The filament suggests a lamp rather than a fuse.  Do you know anyone with a "classic" car?

[Triple7]

I checked my car boot bulb, it's similar but larger in diameter and it still there, so it's not that 

I'm afraid I don't know anyone with a classic car - apart from Smudger but his Charisma failed the MoT test so he chucked it away 

Tim

[Anmer]

Smudger and Charisma.  Now there's an oxymoron if ever I saw one. 

[Smudger98]

Oy...   I can read you know.. bloody moron... work in a place where there is plenty of Oxy as well..  apart from the Nitrous that keeps getting pinched..

[Anmer]

apart from the Nitrous that keeps getting pinched..

All those footballers in Woking?