On 25/01/2010 10:49, Allthumbs wrote:
Questions:-
IIRC Can I buy new fuse holder bases (this is old style wire fuses)
rather than a whole consumer unit?

Yes, but look at upgrading to HRC fuses at least, or MCB's.

Is this type of rather drastic blown fuse and scattered glass a
feature of the halogen bulbs? (I don't fancy it again, might change
kitchen light to something else).

It's a feature of the old style BS3036 fuses you have got "protecting"
your wiring. It takes a much larger current to blow a rewirable fuse
than it does to blow an HRC fuse or trip an MCB. It's not a kitchen
light problem, it's an outdated electrics problem.

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Stuart

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