I started this blog in 2004 when I walked my first Camino in Spain. Since that time I've walked two others, the links are to the left. In between, I've travelled throughout Europe and Africa and most recently the US. I'll be embarking on another long distance walk on the Florida Scenic Train, starting in March of 2019.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Breaker, breaker
If there any electricians reading this, you'll get a kick out of my circuit breaker box. I had a power outage the other night. It's the first time I've used the oven and had lots of lights on, so I probably overloaded the breaker. Have no idea what the capacity here is compared to the states. But my neighbors lost their power, too, but they have their own box. Weird. My entire apartment is on one circuit, except the oven and stove are on another circuit, whose breaker is in the neighbor's box. I found this out two days later when the stove wouldn't work. Luckily the property manager had the key and could fix the problem. What is this, like circa 1900's?
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Hard to tell from the photo what we are looking at. Doesn't look like anything that we use in the states. Are the white things fuses with metal strips inside that melt when overloaded? With a fuse you have to replace the fuse whereas with a breaker you just reset the switch after an overload.
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