John, I have no idea why the fuse blew, it was a rented dwelling and tenant said the fridge just stop working. With regards to refitting the F/F, the F/F also had an AWT S/FCU, so just replaced the socket plate with flex plate, chopped plug off and fitted MF connectors.
Fair enough. As you will understand, my point was that something must have resulted in the fuse blowing (what rating was it?) - so, unless that was because of a 'faulty' ('old age'?) or under-rated fuse, it might well not be long before the appliance has to be 'unfitted' again. Did you stay for long enough to ascertain that the F/F was actually 'working', as well as 'sounding as if it was working'?
Again, fair enough. That obviously means that there is no longer a fuse behind the appliance to blow, but if the one in the FCU now blows, the appliance will presumably have to be 'unfitted' (involving someone crawling in the housing to 'unwire' it), anyway - so not much will have been gained.
Fair enough. As you say, fuses do occasionally blow 'for no good reason', albeit that is (in my experience) very rare - but if the replacement fuse has lasted for 18 months, I suppose one has to suspect that such was the reason. Particularly if the fuse was anything other than 13A, and more particularly if the F/F were fairly 'old', I suppose the inrush current of the the compressor might have been 'the last straw'.
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