On 13/01/2020 17:05, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm wrote:
What about reducing the fuse to 10 amps to create an added margin of
safety (or even 5 amps if it is only used for electronic equipment)?

With some 4 way leads made from Chinesium, its becoming quite common for
them to be supplied that way (i.e. with 10A fuse pre-fitted), since it
has been demonstrated many do not fare well when subjected to a moderate
overload on a 13A fuse (e.g. a continuous load of 18A or so).

It does rather prove the point.

Prove what point exactly?

No-one with any sense would load up an
extension lead to 18 amps. They would likely be the same person who would
replace a 2 amp fuse in a plug top with a 13 amp one - because after all
it gets it working again, the only important thing?

I am talking about the manufacturer here, not the end users.



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Cheers,

John.

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