English plug fuses - Page 2

On the back of your post I'm off to the Boulevard to get one tomorrow, only €18.

If you do end up coming to Rafal, remind me and I'll bring my meter to test your existing fuse. Or bring the whole lamp and I'll do a continuity test on the wiring.

Ok. If I come to Rafal - not far from me, what would be a good time, and where should I go?

Details here:

Coffee in Rafal?

So far we've had RayD and his wife, french martini, Dawniris and husband, Golandrina, d80gs2, and Pete Knight. All of a sudden, my regular coffee mornings have become interesting, and it's really nice to meet people I've only known through the forum.

Hi again Deborah,

Do you have any other appliances with UK plugs fitted  ? 

If you do then a quick check on that fuse from the Salt lamp would be to take the fuse from out of the plug attached to the chosen second appliance which you know works fine ,and substitute its fuse wiith the one from the salt lamp,which you think may have blown. 

If, after you have reasembled  the second plug and plugged in its attached appliance, the appliance is found to still be working ok  ( containing the fuse under test ), then it will prove it is not the fuse from the salt lamp at fault.

Only problem may be is that the fuse you show in your photo is 5 amp , therefore the appliance you would have to choose for the test would ideally be a table lamp or something similar because a 5 amp fuse is only ok to use on an appliance rated at a power level of just over 1 Killowatt so dont try it on a Microwave, washing machine, toaster , kettle etc. 

Failing that, Jim's offer to check out, over coffee, the Salt lamp and its fuse is, indeed, a very generous one. 

LeckyLes 

Thanks - and agreed re Jim's generous offer to check the lamp :-)

Agreed, Jim's the man to fix your 🔌

👍

LeckyLes 

Please also be aware that if you are using a travel adapter, you don’t know which side of the Spanish socket is live. There is a 50/50 chance (or better if the wiring in my house is anything to go by) that the fuse is in the neutral instead of the live. Potentially very dangerous.

PaulandJoyce,

Excellent advice, and something that is very much not realised if retaining UK style 13A plugs for use in countries, such as Spain, etc, who have 'unpolarised socket outlet systems .

Highly recommended to change any UK 'style' plugs for Spanish 'style' plugs if equipment is for permanent use in Spain.

LeckyLes 

Hi LeckyLes,

Having read various threads on the forum over the past couple of years reference changing to European/Spanish plugs (many given by your good self) - I can fully understand the advantages of doing so.

Advice please in the context of UK fused plugs compared to European Spanish Style plugs. Appreciate that the UK fused plug could potentially have the fuse on the neutral side, but aside from the fact that it would not protect the electrical equipment, what are the other implications? Also as regards equipment protection what is the advantage of using the European plug when it doesn’t have a fuse anyway?

Cheers,

Bob