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On 19/03/2018 19:28, wrote:
On Monday, 19 March 2018 16:18:39 UTC, whisky-dave wrote:
On Monday, 19 March 2018 16:11:42 UTC, The Other Mike wrote:
On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 08:27:31 -0700 (PDT), whisky-dave
wrote:

Which is the best fuse to use (3A, 5A or 13A) with a 1.15kW electric fire at a potential difference of 240v

Assuming you mean at the BS1363 plug then the fuse should be sized to protect
the cable.
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Nice, that's the sort of answer I'd expect :-)

Does the BS require that the heating element should burn out before the
cable does (say there's a voltage surge)?

And does the BS require that the element will burn out safely without
setting fire to something?