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  1. O

    13 amp cartridge fuse.

    Just how much current can a 13 amp fuse potentially (no pun intended) pass? I've seen loads plugged into fused multi-ways in excess of 3120 watts and wondered if anyone had ever tested this. New here so sorry if this has been asked to death!:waving:
  2. S

    13 Amp Radial Circuit - with added joy

    Back to my cat pee soaked floors and a RCBO protected radial cirucit that is giving grief. RCBO symptoms described by the customer, "it's a nuisance and keeps tripping so we just flick it back up, sometimes it's OK first time sometimes it can take 3 or 4 goes before it resets, sometimes we have...
  3. N

    Compressor blowing 13 amp fuse

    I am trying to find out why an air master tiger 14/60 turbo air compressor keeps blowing the 13amp fuse. MCB does not trip when this happens, always there is no sign of bad connections or a short in the cables. The compressor is a 230 volt, 10 Amp 2.2Kw motor. Anybody have any suggestions as...
  4. Top Cat

    6 Amp RCBO 13 Amp load

    Doing a rewire at the moment in an empty house. I am using RCBO's mostly so when i got 1 room complete i wired the 4mm radial into the RCBO so we could get the kettle going. After several brews i went to disconnect it only to find i had wired it into a 6 Amp RCBO! The trip never operated once...
  5. M

    32 Amp Cooker Circuit 13 Amp Cooker

    Hello i have just rewired a friends house i have installed a 32 Amp cooker circuit with a DP switch above the worktop and also a Cooker Connection Plate behind the cooker. He is using his old Ceramic hard wired hob but has just bought a new cooker and its one of them that has a plug on the end...
  6. FatallyFlawed

    Scorched 13 Amp sockets

    I am interested to hear about any scorched sockets you have come across in situations where "safety socket covers" are in use. For some time FatallyFlawed has been warning that socket covers (which frequently have oversize pins to make them harder to get out) can cause permanent damage to...
  7. E

    .75mm flex cables.IEC. 13 amp fuse.

    When carrying out the visual , there are a lot of these cables fitted with 13 amp 1652 fuses. Is the reason for this due to start up currents of appliances??. .75 is good for around 6 amps i believe so 13 amp will not protect cable from overload. I guess the appliance would have some kind of...
  8. A

    Fit 13 amp socket to underside of worktop?

    Hello all. I hope you can help with a question before our new washing machine arrives tomorrow. I've got a switch above the worktop and an unswitched socket on the walll underneath. After taking some measurements of the new machine the water supply connection will be in exactly the same...
  9. B

    Double unswitched socket 13 Amp meets 17th edition?

    Hi, I hope somebody can shed some light on this. I have bought an entire range of sockets/switchers/dimmers for a complete house renovation. In this rang the double sockets are labelled as "Double unswitched socket 13 amp" the reverse of the packaging states "Complies with British Standard BS...
  10. A

    Wiring 13 amp single oven and ceramic hob to cooker radial

    I am replacing an existing standalone cooker, that connects on a cooker radial circuit via a cooker connection unit behind the cooker, and is isolated by a cooker control unit above the worktop to the right of the cooker. All cabling is all 6mm, and protected by a 30 Amp type B MCB (fitted by...

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