Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "American Reacts to Some Australian Nostalgia.." video.

  1. The electrical fuse board pre about 1970 used ceramic plug in fuse holders to the power board. You would screw in a little length of fuse wire, commonly sold at even supermarkets up to the last ten years or so. Wires of different gauges would melt, or fuse, if they carried more than their rated amp rating and so break the circuit and protect house wiring from dangerous short circuit or overload currents. Usually 10 and 15 amp rating with some 8 amp. Surprising how most people got the hang of putting new fuse wire in and understanding why it blew. Usually from too many high current appliances plugged into a circuit. Mostly ok, but some people were a risk with how they did that task incorrectly. These ceramic and wire fuses replaced by circuit breakers like a switch. Some old existing fuses still around , but by law electricians cannot repair them but only replace by newer safer designs.
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  2. The Fish TV was the idea of community TV station Channel 31 as an overnight test pattern broadcast when the station was unmanned. As you saw in the comments it attracted some late night interest. C31 started lots of Car interest shows like Classic Restos with Fletch and In Pit Lane. In Pit Lane had the last interview with Peter Brock before his untimely death. Both shows are on YouTube as well now. Would be great if you could join in an In Pit Lane livestream or their Full Course Yellow shows. Would really give you a feel for thebwhole range of motor racing in Australia from grass roots and up, including historic coverage. Another is Blend Line TV starting on C31.
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  3. Rage is the ABC TV overnight continuous music broadcast. Lots of classic music clips on YouTube will have the Rage stamp in the corner. A go to source for music focused Youtubers, especially Australian ones.
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  4. Australia got rid of the copper coloured bronze one and two cent coins in the eighties. Government does not like to talk about when inflation makes the metal in the coin worth more than the coin. A problem with coins for hundreds of years. So these were withdrawn from circulation. From then on payments by cash got rounded up or down to the nearest five cents. Was fair in that ending in one or two would round down and three or four round up. With similar steps up to 99 cents. So you lost a pittance half the time and gained half the time. I was such a tight wad at petrol pumps that i would try to squeez in an extra free two cents worth.
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  5. In Melbourne, like most capitals, there were only three TV channels until 1964. ABV2, HSV7 and GTV9 in Melbourne. ATV0 opening in 1964 was a big deal. Other states got used 10 for the new channel around that time. ATV0 converted to ATV10 years later. SBS much later opening, eighties from memory.
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  6. Was that in Australia? Thought Australia never had those in the last sixty years that I remember. In Victoria anyway Or are you describing the UK or was it a state thing ?
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  7. ​ @monkemagic9726 yes my old 50s built house still mostly had them when I sold it in 2016. A legacy system. But I had a feeling new installations of ceramic fuses stopped around 1970. Maybe and electrician could be definitive about the dates.
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