Fuse board
Category
Historic Services / Electricity supply
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, plastic and metal
Measurements
460 x 450 mm
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 39462
Summary
A rectangular wooded fuse board with rounded corners which has five fuse boxes attached to it and is fixed to the wall with four flat headed screws, one at each corner. A green printed white label reads; SWEB. Top left fuse box (130mm x 160mm x 100mm) - black plastic with on/off switch on RH side and removable cover on the LH side marked in white; FUSES. Middle left fuse box (100mm x 120mm x 70mm) - black plastic with on/off switch on LH side and removable cover on the RH side marked in white; FUSES. Bottom left fuse box (100mm x 120mm x 70mm) - black plastic with on/off switch on LH side and removable cover on the RH side marked in white; FUSES. Top right fuse box (235mm x 150mm x 130mm) - silver metal with oval red metal plate printed in gold reading; E. N. BRAY LTD / E N BRAY / WALTHAM HERTS. Bottom right fuse box (150mm x 200mm x 100mm) - grey metal with an on/off lever switch to the front on the LH side. A red label on the front printed in white reads; MEM. Front embossed on the LH side; ON / OFF.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.