On Tuesday, 20 March 2018 10:15:28 UTC, The Other Mike wrote:
On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:33:03 -0700 (PDT), tabbypurr 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.

In the real world I've seen the following in new IEC leads many times:
13A
10A
7A
5A
3A
noncompliant chinese fuses of who knows what rating, some of which bear no marking at all and may well not be fuses.


NT