Same with automobiles.Something which may have not been thought of....
Household plug fuses...
What would you do if a fuse blew in an appliance you were using and you had no spare fuses...
You mean Ve-hicles lol!Same with automobiles.
I remember those days. And the fuse box outside too.I haven't changed a house fuse since, what? Married student housing when I was in grad school...in the 1980's maybe?
Yes, veeeeehicles.You mean Ve-hicles lol!
Don't really know if you're being satirical about blowing a fuse in a car (getting pissed off) or that there's also differences in fuses for cars.Same with automobiles.
Have a corroded fuse in my truck now that needs replaced. It controls the turn signals. Had the truck up off the ground as the lights to the camper weren't working, trailed it to the fuse box finally. I dislike wiring.Don't really know if you're being satirical about blowing a fuse in a car (getting pissed off) or that there's also differences in fuses for cars.
I'm not on about fuses for mains boxes.
I'm on about fuses for the individual appliances such as a TV, PC, kettle, fridge etc..etc..Merkins dont have fuses in their plugs mate
OK, now I found something that explains what you are talking about. That type of "Plug Fuse" is only applicable to British wiring systems. Besides, we use flat blades on the electrical plugs so it wouldn't work on an American plug anyhow. We use lower voltage circuits in the home and appliances are protected well enough by the typical 15 amp breakers. We have separate 110 volt circuits for each room usually, each with it's own 15 amp breaker in the breaker box. We use what's called Split Phase power, which allows one three wire cable (plus ground) to supply either one 220 volt circuit (for large appliances) or two 110 volt circuits (for everything else).
British Plug Fuses
Electrical plugs contain fuses to protect appliances and their cables and reduce fire risk. Fuses do this by breaking the electrical circuit in the event of excess current flow.
But fuses are only normal in British plugs (also used in Ireland and a handful of other countries). So why do only British plugs contain fuses? And are British plugs safer than other countries’ plugs?
Perhaps it was true in the past that British plugs were the safest in the world. However, electrical safety has moved on significantly since the British plug was introduced in 1947, and a fuse in a plug is a primitive device compared to a modern circuit breaker. But British plugs still need to contain fuses due to a peculiarity in the way that British homes are wired: the UK is almost unique in favouring the “ring circuit”, which is a large circuit that typically covers an entire floor of a house.
These large British electrical circuits tend to be protected by a 32 amp circuit breaker rather than the 16 amp breakers normally used to protect the smaller “radial circuits” typically found in homes in other countries. The problem is that home appliances can usually handle 16 amps but not 32 amps. So the reason that British plugs still need to contain fuses is to protect appliances and their cables from the higher current flows possible with British ring circuits.
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