Just curious

[Handyapprentice4]

I come across a fuse spur today taken off the ring main used for a outside light but the spur was fused at 13A shouldn’t it be 3-5A instead ? I changed it to a 5 because in my eyes it made sense

 

[littlespark]

A 3A would have been sufficient. Even a 500W halogen floodlight would be a little over 2

 

[DefyG]

Fine, I usually do the same but lighting circuits can be protected by upto 16A under certain conditions.

 

[UNG]

I come across a fuse spur today taken off the ring main used for a outside light but the spur was fused at 13A shouldn’t it be 3-5A instead ? I changed it to a 5 because in my eyes it made sense

Could it be because fused spurs are supplied fitted with a 13A fuse and some people CBA changing it for a lower value fuse to suit the load

 

[FatAlan]

I take it there isn’t another socket somewhere between the FCU and light? ?

 

[SJD]

I often find fused spurs fitted with 13A fuses, because that is what they always come with, and either it gets forgotten to change to 3A (or 5A), or the installer doesn't even have the lower value fuses.

 

[telectrix]

i always carry a card of fuse wire ( bought in 1965 from Woolworths). blow the 13A with a short circuit,then wrap some 5A round it. ??

 

[Dave OCD]

I seem to get through loads of 3a and 5a fuses, get them in tiny cardboard boxes of 10. Does anybody want to buy 500 13amp fuses, all in pristine condition ??

 

[Handyapprentice4]

Could it be because fused spurs are supplied fitted with a 13A fuse and some people CBA changing it for a lower value fuse to suit the load

Probably the case just didn’t know if it was regs or anything surely it’d take a lot if not a straight short to take out the 13A ?

 

[Dustydazzler]

Like Dave OCD , I probably have several 100 13a plugtop fuses at the bottom of my bag

What on earth do we do with all these 13a fuses ? land fill ?

 

[pirate]

I leave the 13A ones with the householder so they can give them to the kitchen fitters