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Installing a microwave oven that has a 16amp fuse rating?

Emmanuel Yohannes

Hi All,

I had my kitchen re-wired and there was something that I failed to pick up which has caused me problems so far. Basically, I have a Zanussi ZVENM6X1 microwave oven that has a fuse rating of 16amp, but the problem is that I hadn't put it on its own dedicated 16amp circuit breaker, there is only the single socket outlets available but I don't think its safe and I don't think I can hard-wire the appliance to a 13amp plugtop. I had a few suggestions from others telling me to hard-wire the appliance to a Fused connection unit and then put a 16amp fuse in the FCU. Is this a feasible way to do it, or can there be another way to hard-wire the appliance without having to chase and introduce a new cable from a newly put 16amp circuit breaker from the board

Many Thanks

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    I don't think that it should ever have been put on a socket circuit. Basically, if it doesn't come with a plug attached, it is not intended to be plugged in. Just remember the six Ps!

  • 0 in reply to Chris Pearson

    and in terms of the 5 or 6 Ps, not one of them is 'plug' at least in the fairly robust version I know.

    The hacker solution to needing more than 13A could be these

    20 amp BS1362 UK plug fuses  as

    a step up from a length of 1/4 inch drill rod

    Arguably one is Danger present. Risk of injury. Immediate remedial action, a kind of C1

    The other is only Potentially dangerous – urgent remedial action kind of C2.

    The correct approach is a dedicated radial !!

    Mike.

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  • 0 in reply to Chris Pearson

    and in terms of the 5 or 6 Ps, not one of them is 'plug' at least in the fairly robust version I know.

    The hacker solution to needing more than 13A could be these

    20 amp BS1362 UK plug fuses  as

    a step up from a length of 1/4 inch drill rod

    Arguably one is Danger present. Risk of injury. Immediate remedial action, a kind of C1

    The other is only Potentially dangerous – urgent remedial action kind of C2.

    The correct approach is a dedicated radial !!

    Mike.

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  • 0 in reply to mapj1
    mapj1 said:
    20 amp BS1362 UK plug fuses  as

    May exist as a product, but they don't comply with BS 1362 as claimed ... the scope of BS 1362 is limited to 13 A.

    And of course to fit one in a BS 1363 plug or fused connection unit would exceed the strength and capability of that equipment.

    mapj1 said:

    Arguably one is Danger present. Risk of injury. Immediate remedial action, a kind of C1

    The other is only Potentially dangerous – urgent remedial action kind of C2

    A major reason the drill in the plug is C1 is accessibility of live parts. Otherwise, both are classed as inadequate protection against overcurrent for the plug in the socket-outlet (you couldn't say there was none unless the circuit supplying the socket-outlet also didn't have overcurrent protection).

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