"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Adrian C wrote:
I can only remember having to replace one or two fuses, and
those were
13 amp types. Most appliances which are fused at less than 13
amp will
be things like AV equipment and have internal fuses which will
blow
first anyway.

Not with you on that one. The function of plug fuses was to
protect the
lead. An excess of fault current through a damaged and shorted
thin
cable normally used to carrying half an amp will cause heating
and a
fire risk. Internal fuses may be ineffective here.

As has been pointed out, all flexes have to be capable of carrying
somewhat more than 13 amps as a fault condition. But then if your
flex is

But as has been pointed out, being able to carry 13 amps is way under
the possible maximum protection rating - something that you seem
unwilling to understand, just because you haven't come across such a
'user instigated fault'.

damaged, you shouldn't be using the appliance anyway until properly
repaired.
snip

But that's the point of the fuse, or do leads only get damaged when
not in use?...