fuse box

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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

The fuse box was burnt out and clothes dried on wire stretched across the stairwell.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Astrid Gillespie, a volunteer with the Friends of All Saints, said event organisers had smashed a window to put in an extractor fan unit and wired sound equipment into the church's fuse box.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2021

If you see sparks, damaged wires or smell burning insulation, switch the power off at the main breaker or fuse box.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2019

Hand over hand she moved along the walls, stopping at each step to explore the surface, searching for the door to the fuse box.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord