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Default Are 3A plug fuses really necessary? Why not always 13A?

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whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, November 9, 2012 6:41:28 PM UTC, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo ,

whisky-dave escribió:



If I wass using cvommon sense I;'d use teh lowest fuses I have which
is a 1 amp,


but I use management sense which means 3 amp is chosen.




If by 'management sense' you mean common sense, then we're arguing about

precisely nothing :-)


Now we're talking about what you'r told to do by the regulations or
managment that's in charge of your job, it is that simple.


Years ago we were told to check all plugs and replace any fuses that were
wrong with the correct fuse whether it was 3, 5 10 13 amp. Now wee not
suppoosed to replace fuses where you need to open the plug up and if you
do so you need teh aplince PAT'd before it cane be re-used .


So NO common sense is NOT the correct method.


opening the plug and checking fusing and terminals is part of a PAT test.

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