In message <cda6b48f.1ae6f%[email protected]>, dated Wed, 1 May 2013,
Scott Xe <[email protected]> writes:
Is there any reason behind not to use 5 or 10 A fuse with 0.75mm cord?
It's a practicability issue. When plugs were marketed with 5 A or 10 A
fuses, as well as 3 A (for 0.5 mm^2 cables) and 13 A, many people would
buy the wrong one and then complain that it was faulty when the fuse
failed immediately.
The instructions for a particular product are required to state the fuse
to be used with it. But the issue doesn't often arise now anyway,
because products for household use are required to be supplied with a
plug already fitted.
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