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Originally Posted by wa2ise
My grandma's house, in 1984, had that 2 wire service. POCO cones into the basement, thru a 30A screw in fuse, then the meter, then to a pair of 15A fuses, and the neutral also had fuses, we used 30A fuses there, so the hot side 15A fuses would be the ones to blow. If we wanted to, we could have easily grabbed unmetered power at that first 30A fuse. But we didn't.
As for the push in terminals, I've heard electricians call them "Push and pray".
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I am assuming 1894
- that's cool, my great grandparents house had that sort of a set up too, that's why they had a gas range and gas dryer.