On 15/09/2018 14:40, ARW wrote:

A 13A fuse when used with a with a wound up lead will allow the flex to
melt well before the fuse blows if you stick 20A to 26A through it for
30 minutes. Imaging two wallpaper stripper plugged into the same wound
up extension.

I leant a flex and wallpaper stripper to a builder working in my house.
He melted the flex with just a single wallpaper stripper. First I knew
about it was when my computer died.




[1] TBH it belongs to Geoff from CET but as I have been using it for the
last 8 years...