Old Fuse Boxes For Homes

Abbove this row of 4 fuses are two carriages side by side.

Old fuse boxes for homes. I have an old fuse box that blew a fuse and i am not sure how to replace it. If you have a fuse box it means your electrical service is quite old and likely is insufficient for the power demands of a modern home. The one on the left says main and the one on the right says range. The middle 2 are red and say time delay fuse 20amp the outter two are clear.

A fuse box is a type of electrical service panel which is a sort of control board for the entire electrical system of a house while any home built around 1960 or later has a service panel full of circuit breakers panels in older houses used fuses to provide over current protection for the household circuits. Here s a quick review of how to use a fuse box with the screw in fuses safely and some discussion about what to look out for in an old house. Indeed 50 years ago many houses were wired with 60 amps of total capacity and fuse boxes often only had room for four 15 amp circuits and a single 30 amp 220 volt circuit for a stove or water heater. It has a row of 4 edison screw type fuses.