The Penguin of Evil1d ago

Sigh. I've got blade fuses, spare trips, cables, hydraulic crimps, wagos, spare 13A sockets, and a ton of other electronics.

I blew a 13A fuse in a plug. Guess what I don't have ? And the two spare plugs I have before anyone suggests that are both 5A fuses as I already looked.

Show threadThe Penguin of Evil1d ago
Laughing my head off that someone is selling "audio grade" 13A fuses at 63quid each on ebay - and has a 100% rating 8)
Show threadSteven Reed
@etchedpixels hah :) Fuses are one of the few things I insist on physically going into a well-known bricks and mortar store to get - so hard to trust anything else these days, even on Amazon there's presumably still a commingling risk :(
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Show threadThe Penguin of Evil1d ago
@srtcd424 Yep - ditto for plugs when I'm wiring stuff that's going to pull 10A. Especially stuff like old computer kit that wants two power supplies with 10A on each!
Show threadSteven Reed1d ago
@etchedpixels I worry slightly less about things that can be non-destructively tested .. I finally got an infrared camera last year, and I'm learning to just inspect any new bit of kit using it while running at a reasonable load. Circuit breakers are a big pain in the arse - usually hard to generate enough current to test, proper commercial test kit is thousands. But at the same time you can't just pop into B&Q for weird DC MCBs :(