# Big Bang Theory Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-question/614365>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 29, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-question/614365 "2012-02-29T17:54:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-question/614365/1 "2012-02-29T17:54:58Z")

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What is the shiny metallic-looking thing that is attached to the column near the entrance to the hallway to the bedrooms?

It looks like a fuse holder with large, cylindrical fuses. Or some sort of wierd xylophone.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-question/614365/2 "2012-02-29T17:58:26Z")

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It is. Bill Prady once tweeted that Leonard collects old electronics, so what you see is what you get: a large, vintage fuse holder.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-question/614365/3 "2012-02-29T17:59:05Z")

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We discussed it [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13108992&postcount=36) Did it move? I thought it was over on the left side of the apartment, but I could be wrong.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-question/614365/4 "2012-02-29T22:29:46Z")

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[Here is an old thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502996) where we identified it as best we could: A custom-built fuse panel from an unidentified rocket, with Bussman fuses. Purchased from a [rocket-part junkyard](http://www.nortonsalesinc.com/)!

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**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-question/614365/5 "2012-03-01T13:03:17Z")

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Thanks for all the replies. I googled it and didn’t come up with anything. Of course, the show been fictional and all, the fuse holder itself could be entirely fictional. I mean, it could be just something cobbled together from surplus by a props person with a good imagination.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-question/614365/6 "2012-03-01T21:06:57Z")

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> [@Tully\_Mars](#):
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> Thanks for all the replies. I googled it and didn’t come up with anything. Of course, the show been fictional and all, the fuse holder itself could be entirely fictional. I mean, it could be just something cobbled together from surplus by a props person with a good imagination.

I emailed the show’s set decorator about the piece. It was purchased like that, not built by her team. You can see her reply in the other thread.