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Title: What's this?
Post by: Triple7 on June 15, 2015, 06:56:20 PM

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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Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: Anmer on June 15, 2015, 07:03:30 PM

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

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: Anmer on June 15, 2015, 07:11:35 PM

Could it be out of a radio?

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: Triple7 on June 15, 2015, 07:29:28 PM

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

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: Breitling on June 15, 2015, 08:31:12 PM

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:

(http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/508925310/0_75A_Microwave_Oven_High_Voltage_Fuse.jpg)

(http://i00.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/542/440/431/431440542_012.JPG)

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: mezoo on June 15, 2015, 10:35:01 PM

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.

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: Triple7 on June 16, 2015, 03:09:45 PM

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

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: Anmer on June 16, 2015, 03:19:26 PM

Maybe a car boot bulb?

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

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: Triple7 on June 16, 2015, 03:24:44 PM

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

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 ;D ;D

Tim

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: Anmer on June 16, 2015, 04:54:10 PM

Smudger and Charisma. Now there's an oxymoron if ever I saw one. 8)

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: Smudger98 on June 16, 2015, 05:01:00 PM

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..

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: Anmer on June 16, 2015, 05:57:10 PM

Quote from: Smudger98 on June 16, 2015, 05:01:00 PM
apart from the Nitrous that keeps getting pinched..

All those footballers in Woking?

Radarspotting

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