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Fuse for a device "Current Rated 0.2A"

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  • 11-02-2023 7:27am
    #1
    beddington
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    A device (printer) says it is "Current Rated 0.2A". It has a 2 pin euro-style plug, i.e. its plug is not fused.

    I use a 2-pin to 3-pin adapter. What fuse can I use in that adapter?

    Is it safe to use a 3A, or should it be 1A, or should I go looking for something lower?

    Thanks



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    #2
    Cerco
    Registered Users Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭Cerco


    Yes 3A will be fine. I would cut off the two pin and fit a standard 3 pin plug with a 3A fuse.



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    #3
    TheChizler
    Registered Users Posts: 9,446 ✭✭✭TheChizler


    The fuse in a plug is to protect the cable not the device plugged into it, the device should have its own protection. Use whatever fuse the adapter came with. It should be printed on it.

    Smaller will work until someone borrows the adapter for something more power hungry and it goes bang.



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    #4
    kirk.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭kirk.


    The 3amp fuses tend to blow randomly

    I'd be wary of putting them in anything critical like a gas boiler if I was away in winter

    Maybe they don't give that much trouble I could be wrong



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