bash370z Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 I need to replace the moulded plug on my pressure washer with a standard plug as the wires have come loose. The moulded plug is rated 13 amps, should I put the same fuse rating in the standard plug? Quote
350zedd Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Remove the fuse from the moulded plug and put it in the new plug Quote
Neilp Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 The fuse should be rated to the machine, not the plug. 13amps in the standard rating of a domestic plug, this doesn't mean the fuse within it is 13amps. Take the fuse from the old plug and use it in the new one. Quote
bash370z Posted April 25, 2015 Author Posted April 25, 2015 Thanks, yea I understand that its the fuse itself and not the plug. Are there different actual plugs? Quote
bash370z Posted April 25, 2015 Author Posted April 25, 2015 Just checked and its defiantly a 13a fuse inside Quote
350zedd Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Thanks, yea I understand that its the fuse itself and not the plug. Are there different actual plugs? Moulded plugs are found fitted on most modern appliances and can't be removed. The only thing you can do on them is change the fuse, whereas plug tops you buy from the shop can be dismantled and rewired. Quote
Fodder Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Thanks, yea I understand that its the fuse itself and not the plug. Are there different actual plugs? Moulded plugs are found fitted on most modern appliances and can't be removed. The only thing you can do on them is change the fuse, whereas plug tops you buy from the shop can be dismantled and rewired. I think the OP is planning on cutting the moulded plug off and fitting a standard plug As others have said just move the fuse I've to the new plug. How do you know the moulded plug is faulty? Quote
Ken Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 If the washer is under warranty, you invalidate this by removing the moulded plug. Quote
GMballistic Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 If the washer is under warranty, you invalidate this by removing the moulded plug. I'd guess though that if it was still under warranty we all wouldn't be talking about this & he'd have just taken it back to where he bought it. Quote
bash370z Posted April 25, 2015 Author Posted April 25, 2015 Bought a new 13amp plug and wired earlier, thanks for advice Quote
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