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    Oddly enough we used dummy fuzes on electrical circuits being worked on but not yet commissioned to prevent the maintenance techs from mistaking it for a failed/missing fuse and sticking a live fuse in causing a circuit to liven up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CC_TA View Post
    While we're on a WTF is this thread any ideas what this is?

    Something to do with HF comms, maybe a space to keep 2 HF wire antennas apart ?
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    It's a mystery!


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    Quote Originally Posted by batfink5537 View Post
    Something to do with HF comms, maybe a space to keep 2 HF wire antennas apart ?
    You could be right.

    Could the poster of the photo please give us an idea of the dimensions?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidBOC View Post
    two thoughts are:

    1) a dummy fuse to keep someone from putting a real fuse in my mistake much like the tagout/lockout systems used by power companies

    2) there might be a conductor inside the wood and it is a fuse.
    Is the object electrically conductive from one end to another?

    That'll settle the question as to whether its a fuse or not...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wordsmith View Post
    Is the object electrically conductive from one end to another?

    That'll settle the question as to whether its a fuse or not...

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    Not if it has been blown.
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    [QUOTE=Mugatu;4399582]It's a mystery![/QUOTE]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fox-and-horses View Post
    You could be right.

    Could the poster of the photo please give us an idea of the dimensions?
    Try reading the OP!

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    CC_TAs things look like waterproof electrical connectors. Pictures from other angles would be good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mugatu View Post
    It's a mystery!
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    Toyah Wilcox walt!
    No, a Toyah Wilcox walt would say "It'th a mythtery".
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