fuse box
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The fuse box was burnt out and clothes dried on wire stretched across the stairwell.
From Barron's
He had come into contact with a lightbulb served by an unearthed fuse box.
From BBC
The first time, Wang said, he was able to restore it by flipping a switch in a fuse box outside the apartment; on later occasions, he found a bicycle lock on the fuse box, or more complex damage that required an electrician to repair.
From Seattle Times
You should also disconnect all electrical appliances or turn off electric circuits at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel.
From Los Angeles Times
A lifelong resident of Silverton, he was an engineer and entrepreneur who brought cable TV to the town in the 1970s — often wiring customers himself — and remained a reliable Mr. Fix-It for his neighbors, the person they called to repair a janky fuse box or a buggy computer.
From Seattle Times
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