On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:33:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Monday, 19 March 2018 18:28:56 UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:


13A. Remember the fuse is to protect the wiring that is downstream of
it only.

that garbage is much trotted out.


With a BS1363 plug top to IEC 60320 C13 connector with both the cable (BS EN
50525 sized at 1mm^2) and the end connector rated at 10A which fuse would be
fitted by the manufacturer?

With a BS1363 plug top to IEC 60320 C13 connector with the cable BS EN 50525
sized at 0.75mm^2) rated at 5A and the end connector rated at 10A which fuse
would be fitted by the manufacturer?

The limit of supply by the manufacturer in both cases is the BS1363 plug top
with a BS1362 fuse, the cable to BS EN 50525 and the IEC 60320 C13 connector as
a tested and complete assembly to be offered for sale in the UK.

I have seen IEC cables using 0.75mm cable supplied with 13A fuses in
the mains plug. These were supplied by Cisco for the PSU of their
1801 router.

We installed a mixture of IEC cables with 5, 10 and 13 amp fuses, and
there is no guarantee that they will stay paired with their original
appliance.

The idea that anyone (particularly PAT testers) will correlate the
faint markings on the cable sheath with the fuse fitted is vanishing
small.
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Graham.
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