15A fuse in UK plug?
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That's what i thought. It didn't say that earlier!
I didn't think old 15 amp plug tops had fuses in them...
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That could be just the thing for a welding enthusiast somewhere - save the hassle of soldering 15amp fusewire into the plugtop...
I'm sure I have heard about 15A round pin plugs with a removeable pin with a fuse in it, doubt they will take that size fuse though.
I don't really see the point in fusing a 15A BS546 fuse with an internal 15A fuse as it's supply should only be 15A max anyway.
I don't really see the point in fusing a 15A BS546 fuse with an internal 15A fuse as it's supply should only be 15A max anyway.
Confession Time:
In a previous life, I had a supply of these 15a fuses, and fitted a variety of plugboards with them, because the total load on the plugboards, whilst probably not exceeding 13a, was pretty damn close. And a blacked out stage was not an experience I relished at the time.
If I remember correctly, in some situations where the load was not likely to be excessive I may have just swapped the fuse in the plugboard itself for 15a, and left the plug fuse as 13a, giving some 'discrimination'.
That way, at least if a fuse popped, the chances are it was in the plug, and I didn't have two fuses to check.
I don't think plugboards now have a fuse in them, but for some reason they always used to.
In a previous life, I had a supply of these 15a fuses, and fitted a variety of plugboards with them, because the total load on the plugboards, whilst probably not exceeding 13a, was pretty damn close. And a blacked out stage was not an experience I relished at the time.
If I remember correctly, in some situations where the load was not likely to be excessive I may have just swapped the fuse in the plugboard itself for 15a, and left the plug fuse as 13a, giving some 'discrimination'.
That way, at least if a fuse popped, the chances are it was in the plug, and I didn't have two fuses to check.
I don't think plugboards now have a fuse in them, but for some reason they always used to.
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Paul_C
There were some old Dorman-Smith plugs & sockets which had a fuse in the live pin, replaced by just unscrewing the pin from the front of the plug. They had round pins set somewhat more closely together than a BS546 plug, with a slight point on the earth pin to operate the shutter mechanism. They were popular in certain quarters for a time as an alternative to BS1363.
I can't recall what size fuses they took offhand.
Wow he took my comment on board. I emailed him this:
strange, say's he's on holiday until the 6th or something didn't it?
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