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Pros and cons of different fuse designs in response to a complaint.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 50\1\  Scan197
Date  19th August 1924
  
EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 19.8.24.


RE FUSES.

The fuse which is my opinion remedies EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 's complaint is the nut and bolt arrangement although I consider it has three disadvantages in comparison with the present standard, namely:-

(1). A spanner is required instead of a screw driver.

(2) It looks more clumsy.

(3) Takes more time to change a fuse.

The fuse which looks the neatest is the slot and screw type. This has a disadvantage owing to the fact that when the screws are tightened upon the wire it tends to fracture (it fractured on the fuse I refilled).

The present type pulls the wire taut when the screws are tightened, as per EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 's complaint.


EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} /HEW.
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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