Electricity Meter And Fuse Boxes #1 is a photograph by Sheila Terry which was uploaded on May 2nd, 2013.
Electricity Meter And Fuse Boxes #1
Electricity meter and consumer unit on a wall in a house. The meter (black box on left) measures the amount of electricity used. It displays this... more
by Sheila Terry
Title
Electricity Meter And Fuse Boxes #1
Artist
Sheila Terry
Medium
Photograph
Description
Electricity meter and consumer unit on a wall in a house. The meter (black box on left) measures the amount of electricity used. It displays this information on a cylindrical number display, black and red, in kilowatts per hour (kWh). The large white box is a modern consumer unit, or fuse box. The old system of fuse wires has been replaced with miniature circuit breakers (MCBs) and the box also houses as residual current device (RCD). The MCBs and RCD protect electrical devices from excessive currents. Each separate circuit in the house has its own MCB. At a specific current the MCB will 'trip', breaking the circuit. The circuits are reset by using the switches.
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May 2nd, 2013
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