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Other way round. For any given overcurrent, a 3A BS1362 fuse has a faster operating time than a 6A BS60898 breaker.The lighting 6A breaker will trip well before a 3A fuse will blow anyway
wow, that is what they recommend to prevent overheating due to a stalled motor?The 3A fuse is actually for fire protection.
Indeed, the motor windings are far thinner than 3A fuse wire.wow, that is what they recommend to prevent overheating due to a stalled motor?
or have I mis understood?
My suspicion is that is what the insurer's say to get out of paying.My only comment on this thread is that there was a fire in a new build near me, a few years ago, that originated in the bathroom fan. Stalled motor and no 3A fuse in the feed was reported to be the cause.
Doing an EICR, would you expect to see instruction manuals for such equipment, mostly installed years previously.It depends if the fan's instruction manual asked for it in the first place. Some do, some don't.
The lighting 6A breaker will trip well before a 3A fuse will blow anyway
No, but you could take the model number and google it…..Doing an EICR, would you expect to see instruction manuals for such equipment, mostly installed years previously.
Was he the dog on Magic Roundabout?No, but you could take the model number and google it…..
How would you code it if there's no isolation switch? Don't remember a reg for that...looking for the isolation switch only…
Yes, but that’s for stuff like lathes, not a bathroom fan.Can’t remember, there used to be a reg that said something like
local isolation for mechanical maintenance should be installed for rotating machinery?
Maybe a C3 we always fit a 3/4 Pole isolation switchHow would you code it if there's no isolation switch? Don't remember a reg for that...
I dont go maintaining/cleaning my fans at night time, so I (radical I know) wander over to the consumer unit and turn off the MCB for the circuit that powers the fan.Bathroom fans need regular maintenance to remove the build up of skin tissue from them, and there are live exposed terminals (often permanently live) while doing so.
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