[Shop-talk] Next question: what the $%^& is this thing?

[Scott Hall]

Should I replace it with something?  I'm a big fan of not having electrical
fires (and the wiring on the underside of the floorboards shows evidence of
knob-and-tube through modern insulated copper, just woven together--I need
to just re-do the whole house), so I feel like something keeping the 220v
circuit safe is a good idea. I mean, there's a modern-looking whole-house
breaker box on the other side of the basement, but in the spirit of 'no
electrical fire' I'm willing to add some overkill.

On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> Just get rid of it!  It doesn't appear to actually be in the circuit
> anyway; someone has wired around the fuse socket.
>
> A shot of that sticker might be interesting.  I've seen electrical devices
> rated by horsepower, but that box doesn't look even
> faintly like it could handle 20kW continuous (which is about what it takes
> for a 20 hp motor).
>
> -- Randall