Kettle leads for combo - which amp fuse? SORTED thanks to FlyFisher

[flyfisher]

Exactly. The maximum current a French socket can supply is 16A and the IEC mains lead is rated for this and so needs no other protection.

However, in the UK, most mains outlets are protected by 30A fuses in the consumer unit, which means that an unfused IEC lead COULD be overloaded, but the 13A fuse in the UK mains plug ensures this cannot happen.

[TimR]

Fill your boots:

http://www.theiet.org/forums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=205&threadid=31036

[neepheid]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320#C13

Yes, I know citing Wikipedia is not academically sound, but I think they've summarised it well here.