fuse box
Britishnoun
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The battle group’s youngest members are showing a proclivity for using new tech to solve problems; one soldier recently 3-D-printed a replacement for a broken fuse box cover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
If you have to evacuate, you should disconnect all electrical appliances or turn off electric circuits at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
The fuse box was burnt out and clothes dried on wire stretched across the stairwell.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
As a result, Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade ruled the cause was likely to have been a faulty fuse box, tucked inside a void, in the disused department store's lift shaft.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2022
“Shouldn’t someone go check the fuse box or something?”
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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