[GreenKeys] Telephone Can Wrench

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Jerry:

I asked your question on the Singing wires list server (Telephone Collectors) 
and got the answer.

The older phone systems had a protector just inside the house with two long 
fuses with a nut on each end.  The can wrench would fit these.  But there were 
also similar fuses inside at terminals and these had a nut on one end and the 
screw was slotted.  The real can wrench has a flat blade screwdriver inside the 
socket wrench so you could hold the screw and turn the hex wrench to get the 
fuse out of the can.

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
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Jerry Barnish wrote:
> Hello All:
>  
> This question has nothing to do with TTY. I work for a transit company
> as a two way radio tech
> and have been working with telephone comms for about 25 years.
>  
> Does anyone know why the wrench used for telephone enclosures and
> lightning arrestors
> is called a  can wrench?
>  
> The gang I work with never believed me until I showed them a package at
> Graybar as a 
> bona fide published source.
>  
> They are very argumentative and would like to know the reason, if any
> for my own knowledge.
>  
> This reflector is great.
>  
> Jerry WB2CAK
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