have been asked us to look at installing a different fuse as the 13A plug top keeps blowing when they try to start the Motor, its a very small bench compressor.

He seems to think it requires a fuse to allow the inrush of current, but the plate of the motor states its only 1500W so should this be blowing a 13A fuse on start up?

I cant see why it cant be hard wired in to a circuit with a 10A type C MCB instead?

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