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what sort of service protective device is this?

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hi went to look at a job and the main fuse is one I didn't recognise and couldn't find one like it online can anyone tell me the code for it?

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0 Simon Barker over 4 years ago

Chris Pearson:

Would it be too difficult for the DNOs to attach a sticky label to the service head when they install a fuse?

I suspect that even a 63 A fuse is sufficient for most people most of the time, but demand in certain households may be well above what existed originally. Even in the 1980s we were happy with only one bathroom and if there was an electric shower, it was probably only 3 kW. The only EVs in those days were milk floats.

I've got an 8.5kW shower on a 60A supply. Nothing has gone wrong yet.

I'm not sure what will happen when I buy an EV one day. I don't see why I can't get a 16A 3.6kW one, rather than teh usual 32A 7.2kW.
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0 Simon Barker over 4 years ago

Chris Pearson:

Would it be too difficult for the DNOs to attach a sticky label to the service head when they install a fuse?

I suspect that even a 63 A fuse is sufficient for most people most of the time, but demand in certain households may be well above what existed originally. Even in the 1980s we were happy with only one bathroom and if there was an electric shower, it was probably only 3 kW. The only EVs in those days were milk floats.

I've got an 8.5kW shower on a 60A supply. Nothing has gone wrong yet.

I'm not sure what will happen when I buy an EV one day. I don't see why I can't get a 16A 3.6kW one, rather than teh usual 32A 7.2kW.
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