In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:02:12 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

Two 3kW kettles probably would take out the plug fuse in under a
minute.

Thats not quite a 100% overload. I think the average BSwhatever
plug top fuse would last longer than that(*). Wether the plug top
could take the heat generated is another matter...

(*) Wonkypeida says for a 13A fuse 1-400s @ 30A (6.9kW). My
experience of urns and kettles on the same 13A plugtop is that it
take quite a number of minutes for the fuse to blow and the plug top
melts as well.

Assuming it's not the first time this has been done, the fuse could well
be rather weaker than spec.

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