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Extractor fan - Do I have to fit a fuse?

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Extractor fan - Do I have to fit a fuse?

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If a fuse is so critical, why isn't it built into the fan?
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You could ask the same question about immersion heaters or electric
kettles or vacuum cleaners or central heating boilers - some have a
fuse in the FCU and others have a fuse in the plug top.

I wouldn't ask the same question, because my immersion heater is not
fused, and kettles and other portable appliances are for other
reasons.

What other reasons?

The answer is that the fuse is a standard type, is located in a standard
place with a straightforward method of access and it's therefore easy to
check that the right fuse is fitted and easy to change a fuse without
dismantling the appliance.

The fuse may be of a standard "type", but it is not a standard rating,
quite unlike a plug. It is not located in a standard place (where
might that be). If it were located in an easily accessible obvious
position on a fan it would be standard.

Ah, you misunderstand my point. Sorry for the ambiguity on my part. I am
suggesting that "The answer is that the fuse *(in an FCU or a plug top)*
is a standard type, is located in a standard place", etc".

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