Beware who you try to help out.
A chap who sharpened and repaired instruments for us had a problem with his van blowing a 5 amp fuse, he had booked the van in for repair but needed to use the van and had no fuses.
I told him that a single strand of 0.2mm tinned copper wire (from a 7 or 16 strand cable)was rated at approximatetly 5 amps.
As a very temporary repair he could put a single strand across the blades of a blown fuse.
He did this and all was well and he decided he need not go to the garage.
However a couple of days later the fuse blow again and he thought as it worked last time I'll do it again.
This time it lasted a day and he replaced it again.
This time it lasted an hour so he then wrapped the wire around the blades 4 times and wondered why smoke started to fill the cab.
Lee
