On 11/01/2020 15:06, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm wrote:
On 03/01/2020 14:26, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
And perhaps most only want to get the thing working again, so will fit
any fuse they have to hand, or can buy easily. Most likely 13 amp.

The correct fuse doesn't depend on cable size at all, it depends on
the load ie the appliance.

********. The fuse in a plug is only there to protect the cable. If
the appliance needs a fuse it will be in or on it.

Although NT could have worded that better, what he is saying is a
reasonable assessment if you start from the principle that any modern
appliance will have a flex fitted that will still fail safe when plugged
into a 16A protected circuit with no additional fusing, as would be the
case in the rest of Europe.

Correct.

Then the fuse selected (if one is not just defaulting to 13A) will then
depend on the appliance load. E.g it would not be appropriate to fit a
3A fuse to the plug of your Washing Machine or Kettle.

But perfectly safe.

Safe yup, but will also blow the fuse in short order...

If the internals of a device need protection by a fuse - like many
electronic devices, it will be done so at the device itself - and not rely
on the plug fuse. Becuase virtually nothing is made for the UK only, and
very few countries have plug top fuses.

Although quite a few (mostly former colonies and dependencies) have
pinched ours.


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Cheers,

John.

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