Modern appliance wired to plug with red and black wires.

[eveares]

Yea that was pretty ropey. Have you actually got the x10 fire alarm set up as a system? Or was that video a proof of concept?

It was one of many fire alarm systems that I have made over the years. Was a YouTube hobby where I would go and buy fire alarm bits, film a video of the parts working and then upload it to youtube. If your interested in other non-typical and odd stuff I have uploaded to YT, you can check out my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/elliottveares/videos?flow=grid&sort=da&view=0

How I have managed to live all my life without being able to open the garage door from anywhere in the world I cannot begin to comprehend.

Well I would go out of my way to find stuff that I could X10-ify, did the electrical work when my mum was out dancing and she would come back to a extra thing in the house X10-ified. Need I say the video was shot at my old house and I have not lived there since 2011.


Also thought I would share this photo of a odd/fake 5A fuse I found in the shed. (Yes it was filled of sand or something similar)

Fake 5A fuse with Genuine 13A fuse

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Inside Fake 5A fuse (After sand removed)

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[eveares]

Doh! Just noticed the 5A fuse is to BS1361 and not BS1362!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Also thought I would share this photo of a odd/fake 5A fuse I found in the shed. (Yes it was filled of sand or something similar)

It looks neither.

And they are supposed to have sand in them.

 

[PBC_1966]

Doh! Just noticed the 5A fuse is to BS1361 and not BS1362!

Dorman Smith? I've seen people get mixed up with the 5A versions before, wondering why they don't fit a 13A plug properly. At least they can't try to fit a 15A BS1361 in the plug (well, I suppose they could try, but wouldn't be very successful).