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by lostlogin 4829 days ago
In our old house some genius used paper clips instead of fused wire in the (very old) fuse box. Not sure how I didn't die when I draped and extension lead in a puddle and got a shock. After I recovered I looked in the fuse box to see why the fuse didn't blow and found one fat paper clip over the gap. I'm not sure what current the box took, but I'm sure glad it wasn't 200Amps.