Live pin on tumbler hot even after

[vice]

..I've changed the socket and also read about bad fused pkugs so just changed that too.

It runs for maybe 40 minutes,and then abiut 20 minutes later another 40 minutes.

After changing the plug I felt the pins and live was hot hot, like touching a metal kettle.

Bad appliance? Bad circuit?

 

[JohnD]

What do you mean by "tumbler?"

What is the load?

 

[robinbanks]

Any evidence of burning? Scorch marks or pitting?

 

[JBR]

Tumble drier?

 

[SUNRAY]

Tumble drier?

Close to 3KW?

13A fuse gets hot like it's supposed to?

 

[ericmark]

A tumbler

should not draw much current, it has a very small motor and is designed to be left on for days, a tumble drier however is very different, there are different types, vented and condensing, and with condensing it can use water, room air or a refrigeration unit (heat pump) to remove the moisture from the clothes.

They can use 600 watt to nearly 3 kW depending on type, and at 3000 watt the 1362 fuse will get hot and cool by transferring heat to the 1363 plug including the pins, specially the line pin. After all, for a fuse to work, it needs to melt metal inside it.

 

[FrodoOne]

After changing the plug I felt the pins and live was hot hot, like touching a metal kettle.

Bad appliance? Bad circuit?

Obviously, BOTH the Line and Neutral pins and socket contacts are carrying the same current.

If only the "Line" pin was hot, that indicates a poor/loose connection at that pin
or
the Socket "fingers" into which it is inserted.

While you say that you have changed both the Socket and Plug,
there is still a poor/loose connation at the Line connection(s).

 

[robinbanks]

I do wish you would leave the bold/italic buttons alone

 

[FrodoOne]

I do wish you would leave the bold/italic buttons alone

We all have our problems !

How else would you suggest that I express "emphasis", in any comment which I may make?

Are you suggesting that I should not express "emphasis"?

 

[robinbanks]

Are you suggesting that I should not express "emphasis"?

It's unnecessary to emphasise to the extent you do..

 

[FrodoOne]

It's unnecessary to emphasise to the extent you do..

Which is the "opinion" of ONE person !

 

[robinbanks]

No, I'd say it's fairly implicit from looking at the posts of nigh on every other person in the forum.

Find me an appreciable percentage of other posters that play whack a mole with the formatting buttons and I'll get on board..

 

[Mottie]

I do wish you would leave the bold/italic buttons alone

I do wish you'd use just one full stop at the end of a sentence. It’s either all or nothing with you!

 

[FrodoOne]

No, I'd say it's fairly implicit from looking at the posts of nigh on every other person in the forum.

Find me an appreciable percentage of other posters that play whack a mole with the formatting buttons and I'll get on board..

While it may be "Implicit" it does not yet appear to be "Explicit".

I await the "complaints" of others - so perturbed - as you appear to be !

We all work in our own ways, for good or ill.

Now "whack a mole" is an interesting expression
and
I could not resist the "emphasis" - and Italics.

 

[ebee]

"After all, for a fuse to work, it needs to melt metal inside it."

Can I just add a comment here for those who are not as understanding as I think it might , in some circumstances, cause confusion?

The "work" of the fuse is to pass current and all conductors heat up when passing current.
By heating up thy might get very hot or a bit hot or slightly warm or not noticeably warm , it all depends on the amount of current drawn and a few other factors.
When a fuse does blow it does get "very hot" in order to melt it and break the circuit flow.

The fact that you have noticed that the fuse is hot does suggest that it is excessively hot and this could be because of overcurrent or by a loose connection, it could even be because the plug or socket is cheap/inferior rubbish.

Sorry for mentioning this and you might think I am deliberately being pedantic, I`m not trying to be though I just saw a couple of things said that could be misconstrued by a few. We all say things at times that could be misconstrued, I certainly do!

Example "My Burglar Alarm went off!", not it didn`t it went "on" or it "activated". That`s why we use words like Set/Unset, Open/Close, Activated/Deactivated etc etc in the hope of avoiding confusion. I have known customers to use the term "Went Off" to explain the lights/LEDs going unlit because mains power was interrupted and battery was depleted rather than meaning that a sounder activated.