UK Plug fuse in mainland Europe

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Thank you for all the informative and helpful comments.

I agree most with Andy.

The fuse is to protect the flex.

Since this Spanish installation is mostly radial with, yes, plenty of MCBs rated at 16A for the power circuits, I agree, and conclude, that it is perfectly safe to cut the UK fused plugs for all those appliances that have thick wired flexes (usually those with a 16A UK fuse).

It so happens that these are the appliances were one benefits most from getting rid of the adaptor. When plugging and unplugging often, when working in crowded workshops you miss the convenience of not having to unplug the UK plug and then unplug the adaptor.

For thinner flexes, it is usually not much of an issue to keep the adaptor.

Many thanks,

Antonio

The fantasy was not that they exist, but your claims to have used them, along with the many other fantastical stories.

Well I never claimed to use that particular one as I left before they made them. Does that make you feel better.

However I did use previous generations, and ATM switches so up yours.

Something like a Juniper T640 takes 150A at 48V DC. I'm sure Cisco make comparable kit.

the IEC "cold" plugs and sockets themselves are

have bigger supplies fitted.

watts to several kwatts.

The router is a Cisco 1801 and is rated at only 50W so it was a bad example to give. All it illustrates is that 0.75 IDC cables come with different fuses, they are not all supplied with the maximum 13A to just protect the cable.

I am looking at an IDC cable closely now. The BS1363 is rated at 5A, the IDC connector is rated at 10A the cable is 0.75mm. It has a 5 amp fuse. So, does this mean that not all 0.75mm2 IDC are created equal?

Does that not could as "high end"?

IEC lead?

BS 1362, if you mean the fuse.

Are you looking at an old one, pre-about-1990? 0.75 mm^2 cord was used in the days when the cold-condition IEC connector was rated at 6 A. All newer ones are rated at 10 A and should have 1.0 mm^2 cords. 5 A plug fuses are commonly fitted in the UK, although 13 A is OK.

of the IEC "cold" plugs and sockets themselves are

have bigger supplies fitted.

watts to several kwatts.

Based on the ones I have, 13A fused ones are in the minority.

Never seen an Insulation Displacement Connector on the end of a mains plug before ;-) (sorry, could not resist!)

Indeed there are variations of *IEC* leads. Most have the same flex though.

Oh extremely so.

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The flush Eurosockets, yes, I'd agree, but the recessed ones seem pretty solid.