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One issues is if both the permanent and switched lives both need fused. Really someone should slap down on this and say that anything falling in to those categories has to be designed as safe with a 6A MCB.

Absolutely. And it shouldn't be difficult to be honest. Let's face it, most fans will be fine on a 6A device - it's just some over cautious manufacturers covering themselves.
 
Been doing Domestics for over 20 year and I have rarely fused down a fan
If you look inside the motor's wire will blow before a 3A fuse, and that won't stop it overheating if locked either locked rotor current is going to be fraction of an amp. So really is is just looking for a weasel way out of any claims...
 
If you look inside the motor's wire will blow before a 3A fuse, and that won't stop it overheating if locked either locked rotor current is going to be fraction of an amp. So really is is just looking for a weasel way out of any claims...
Thats a very interesting point .It would explain why these very same fans are installed all over the continent and are protected ,not by a 3 or 5 amp fuse ,but by the 16 amp circuit mcb.
 

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