Rewireable fuse (Wylex) convention

[Mike]

Since WHEN have appliance manufacturers dictated FIXED WIRING STANDARDS?

If they said 1.0mm rubber and lead cable, and a 5A rewireable fuse would you hack out the wall, run a new cable and rip out a brand new

17th edition consumer unit so you could fit a 1950's wooden one bought from the antiques section on Ebay?

If not then why would you change the correctly designed electrical protection of a perfectly serviceable 6mm cable on the whim of an appliance manufacturer? By some of the ridiculous responses in here I suspect a few would!

[Mike]

Downsizing from a 3 bar electric fire to keep warm to a 15W candle lamp. Guaranteed cost savings of 99.5% and usable light so you can while away the hours reading the 17th edition regs :) dreaming of the day you can fleece customers for Prat P inspections.

You expect to eat too? This is a credit crunch not a free lunch.

That's ok then.

[John Rumm]

I don't have one here to play with, so can't say for certain (and swapping fuse carriers about is not something I would usually do as a matter of routine). I *am* sure you can't fit a bigger carrier into a smaller backplate - but I can't remember for sure if the reverse is also true. I would be less inclined to use the wrong carrier / back plate combination though as it will be harder to understand for someone coming along later.

[Owain]

A lot of ovens are under 13A - it's the hobs that take the current, and I assume that's gas.

Easy answer is to leave your circuit arrangements as they are and put a

13A FCU near the cooker if you are worried.

Owain

[<me9]

Aren't the recessed ones for rewirable fuses and the flush ones for MCB/cartridge fuses? Different spacing to prevent fitting the wrong type.

[Mike Tomlinson]

In article , [e-mail] writes

Yes, that seems to jog my memory.

[JohnW]

Sorry - a misunderstanding - the 4mm cable is specified to be used from the fixed wiring (i.e. the cooker point connector box) to the appliance.

John

[ARWadsworth]

I suspect that the 13A fuse is a misprint. The manual is below

Although the grill cannot operate with the top oven, using the main oven and the grill together gives 4.2kW at 230V. A 20 amp fuse or MCB would probably be the best solution.

Adam

[ARWadsworth]

Mike

You have added an extra socket and fused plug to your reply that was not on your original post:-)

There is nothing wrong with a 30 amp fuse supplying 6mm T&E to a single socket and then using the single socket to supply a 15W light using a 3A plug or something similar.

I knew what you meant on your OP but you did not say it. I am frequently guilty of doing that as well.

Adam