Question About Harry's Gift To Mr. Weasley

[Tonks]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
> Geoff:
> Well, in the days before miniature circuit-breakers were the norm, 
> every sensible household had a collection of various thicknesses 
of 
> fuse wire stowed in a drawer somewhere to be searched for when a 
> fuse blew.


Tonks:

OK, I think we are about the same age, but you are in England. I 
remember fuses. You took the old one out and screwed in a new one. 
IF I remember right, you could tell when the old one was blown 
because a little metal thingy in it was melted and pulled apart. I 
don't remember any need for wire. What sort of fuse box did the 
English have? Wire sounds kind of scary to me. Something that only 
electricians would use. How would one use wire?????

Tonks_op