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Old 2nd Jul 2019, 6:38 pm   #47
GrimJosef
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Default Re: 13 amp fuse for 1.5mm mains flex?

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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki View Post
... Let's not over-analyse this! The world is - as statistics prove - definiotely _not_ burning-down-to-the-ground because of hypothetically-under-rated flexes or marginally-over-specified fuses ...
True. But things are failing. My sister called me a couple of months ago to ask my advice after the '13A' plug on the end of the cheap extension lead which was powering the tumble drier in her garage was found to have melted. It had a 13A fuse in it. There was nothing wrong with the tumble drier. But the extension lead plug was a poor thing, toleranced right to the bone (actually beyond, clearly) and it had failed, albeit failed safe. My advice was to buy a better quality extension lead, if she could find one, or to cut the remains of the cheap plug off the lead she had and to fit a better one with a recognised brand name.

Cheers,

GJ
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