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Non-fused UK power cord/plug!
Stay Safe!
Non-fused UK power cord/plug!
Stay Safe!
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Holy cow! The pictures showing an earth pin pushed into the live of those adapters is the stuff of nightmares!
ensuring it's suitable for the voltage in your country.Best advice is to simply remove the non UK plug and re-wire with a UK plug. If the plug is a moulded power supply, replace with a new power supply.
Neither does most if not all of continental Europe. They will rely on the RCD on their consumer board, which have pretty much made fuses in plugs irrelevant.USA plugs don't have fuses though I wonder why they aren't considered as dangerous. Do they have fuses elsewhere?
Not really true. Fuses in plugs are still very much relevant.Neither does most if not all of continental Europe. They will rely on the RCD on their consumer board, which have pretty much made fuses in plugs irrelevant.
You are indeed correct. A quick check shows that the UK is almost unique in using ring circuits (which have higher current flow 32 amp) and thus still require individual plug fuses, unlike countries where radial circuits are used (which have lower current, 16 amp) and individual plug fuses are not required.Not really true. Fuses in plugs are still very much relevant.
The RCD in the consumer unit will protect against earth leakage or various other faults. But it won’t prevent an individual appliance pulling more current than its cable can cope with (or indeed more current than it‘s sensible for that appliance to pull). Even an RCBO (which combines the function of an RCD with overload protection) is only there to protect the entire circuit from overload - i.e. it protects the twin-and-earth wiring that makes up the ring.
The fuse in the plug is there primarily to protect the cable between the plug and the appliance from overload, which a whole-circuit RCD or RCBO can‘t do.
That looks like one of the dodgy unsafe adapters to me. id cut off that US plug and fit a proper fired 3 pin plug to it rather than use the adapter.
Actually, before you do that, is it a solenoid for the US market? If so, they run on 110V, so simply attaching a UK plug and using that will damage it. What is the information on the solenoid/transformer that came with it?Thank you. And that would be perfectly safe?
What amp fuse would should i use.
Thanks
As low as possible, whilst still allowing the solenoid to operate . Unless you order online, common domestic fuses are 3, 5, 10 & 13amps. So I'd say put a 5amp in it. (The soleniod is drawing 4.8a) Solenoids can draw more current as they are turned on, before dropping. If 5 blows then try a larger fuse or a slow blow type fuse.What amp fuse would should i use.
Actually, before you do that, is it a solenoid for the US market? If so, they run on 110V, so simply attaching a UK plug and using that will damage it. What is the information on the solenoid/transformer that came with it?