Fuse wire (was Question About Harry's Gift To Mr. Weasley)

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Tonks wrote:
> > 
> > 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. <snip>

Geoff:
In my last post (38814), the fuse I would call a cartridge fuse is like 
the first picture on the following page:

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/fuses.htm

while the older type I described are shown at:

http://www.diynot.com/pages/el/el009.php

under the heading "Fuse Wire". Rather confusingly, these are also 
referred to as cartridge units although I've never heard them called 
that myself.