Replacing a 13A plug fuse with solid brass

[John-SJW]

I read once, never seen one for sale, that there is a solid brass replacement for the standard 13A fuse in a 13A plug. This is to eliminate the fusing in the plug, which is handy when having a heavy appliance plugged in behind itself, like under worktops which are isolated and fused by an FCU.

Anyone know where they are available, if they are?

On a dedicated radial with its own MCB and say a 20A isolator switch a washing machine can have a 15A fuseless round pin socket and plug. That is fine, but many manufacturers say that if you remove the 13A moulded plug the guarantee is void. This would never hold up court if an appliance is connected to regulation being sound and safe, but it is avoiding the hassle factor from these irresponsible makers.

 

[John-SJW]

Welcome back John. I hope you get a bite.

I have not had one yet, as no one knows if the solid links are still available.

 

[DPG]

Do you know if they are still available or guessing?

Nobody in their right mind would fit one, so I expect not. If you have tried to buy them and cannot, then that proves the point.

I suspect you will still keep asking though. Are you bored again?

 

[John-SJW]

People here have written that an appliance say under a worktop should have a plug in an adjacent cupboard. Of course a good way. If the accesible cupboard is many cupboards away, with the appliance lead not reaching, then an FCU and 15A socket/plug behind the appliance is the best way around it. Assuming the makers are fine with their moulded plug being removed.

 

[DPG]

People here have written that an appliance say under a worktop should have a plug in an adjacent cupboard. Of course a good way. If the accesible cupboard is many cupboards away, with the appliance lead not reaching, then an FCU and 15A socket/plug behind the appliance is the best way around it. Assuming the makers are fine with their moulded plug being removed.

As long as you're happy, that's all we can hope for.

 

[John-SJW]

Nobody in their right mind would fit one

Complete nonsense. That is the same as saying "nobody in their right mind would fit 15A fuseless plug behind an appliance."

A solid link converts a 13A plug into a fuseless plug - not difficult to grasp. Guess what? Fuseless plugs are legal.

 

[John-SJW]

As long as you're happy, that's all we can hope for.

It was just a general comment.

 

[DPG]

Complete nonsense. That is the same as saying "nobody in their right mind would fit 15A fuseless plug behind an appliance."

A solid link converts a 13A plug into a fuseless plug - not difficult to grasp. Guess what? Fuseless plugs are legal.

I know you just try and get a response from people, so I'll keep biting.

You keep wanting us to answer your question of whether links are available for 13A plugs. After 100+ posts surely even you have realised that nobody on here knows where to buy them. Do you accept that, yes or no?

 

[ipf]

This lot's enough to make the decision 15amp connectors and tape. ?

 

[westward10]

I have not had one yet, as no one knows if the solid links are still available.

I have been in my trade pushing forty years and I have never come across a manufactured solid link for a 13A plug. This obviously does not mean they have never existed but I doubt they have done, why would a manufacturer produce such a thing, how would they certify it as a compatible component for a 13A plug so that it doesn't affect the safety of the original product. A few years back products were being imported, in particular cctv equipment which came with a fitted moulded plug but no fuse, these were flagged up by Trading Standards as non compliant and dangerous.

 

[John-SJW]

So to bottom line.

1. No one here has ever come across a solid 13A link, I have, or knows where to buy one.
2. 15A fuseless plug can be fitted behind an appliance in inaccessible locations as long as an accessible FCU isolator is fitted.

 

[DPG]

So to bottom line.

1. No one here has ever come across a solid 13A link, I have, or knows where to buy one.
2. 15A fuseless plug can be fitted behind an appliance in inaccessible locations as long as an accessible FCU is fitted.

Even I'm bored now ?

 

[westward10]

So to bottom line.

1. No one here has ever come across a solid 13A link, I have, or knows where to buy one.
2. 15A fuseless plug can be fitted behind an appliance in inaccessible locations as long as an accessible FCU is fitted.

Several of us will have come across solid links but they were not off the shelf products they would have been home made. There is nothing to say you cannot fit an alternative plug which does not incorporate a fuse however the appliance instructions are likely to suggest, in the UK it should be a 13A plug.

 

[John-SJW]

I have been in my trade pushing forty years and I have never come across a manufactured solid link for a 13A plug. This obviously does not mean they have never existed but I doubt they have done,

I have come across 13A solid links, and knew guys who used them. Not seen one for years, hence this thread. They may not be available any longer as the demand is not there. Nothing in any reg say they are illegal. Solid links are available for many applications.

The link simple converts a fused 13A plug into a fuseless, eliminating a gfuse -a s do all solid links. Fuseless plugs are legal being for sale - 15A.

A few years back products were being imported in particular cctv equipment which came with a fitted moulded plug but no fuse, these were flagged up by Trading Standards as non compliant and dangerous.

Those are general portable appliances. A heavy fitted appliance is different - some are even hard wired in.

 

[John-SJW]

Several of us will have come across solid links but they were not off the shelf products they would have been home made. There is nothing to say you cannot fit an alternative plug which does not incorporate a fuse however the appliance instructions are likely to suggest, in the UK it should be a 13A plug.

Some instructions do state various specifics. My oven instructions does not, just connected by a competent electrician and the likes. In the latter there are no problems from the makers when making a guarantee claim.

 

[John-SJW]

Several of us will have come across solid links but they were not off the shelf products they would have been home made.

There is nothing saying you cannot make your own solid link.