fozzy9876's latest activity

  • F
    fozzy9876 reacted to ericmark's post in the thread Socket or spur? with Thanks Thanks.
    That's normal, and likely that load only at start of cycle. That is rather high, my instructions say I have been measuring the use, it...
  • F
    fozzy9876 reacted to EFLImpudence's post in the thread Socket or spur? with Thanks Thanks.
    You should have changed the FCU for a 20A switch which has no fuse.
  • F
    fozzy9876 reacted to Murdochcat's post in the thread Socket or spur? with Thanks Thanks.
    Bad idea because you are almost certainly plugging in more than 13A ................ fuse will get hot and / or blow
  • F
    fozzy9876 reacted to ericmark's post in the thread Socket or spur? with Thanks Thanks.
    Not quite true, what they say, some dirt egg for example can be harder to remove with hot water, so heating the water white washing...
  • F
    fozzy9876 reacted to blup's post in the thread Socket or spur? with Thanks Thanks.
    A 13A spur should handle a washing machine and tumble dryer, because they only reach peak loads at various times in the cycle. It may be...
  • F
    fozzy9876 replied to the thread Socket or spur?.
    The FCU was working again this morning - odd. It definitely wasn't the other day. Anyway I changed the FCU and the socket since I had a...
  • F
    fozzy9876 reacted to ericmark's post in the thread Socket or spur? with Thanks Thanks.
    As yet we don't know the tumble dryer type. There are two types vented and condensing, and the latter is further sub divided into air...
  • F
    fozzy9876 replied to the thread Socket or spur?.
    I was thinking it could just be a faulty unit? Although seems a bit of coincidence that problems started when we got the new washing...
  • F
    fozzy9876 reacted to Murdochcat's post in the thread Socket or spur? with Thanks Thanks.
    Bad idea. You need to improve the situation rather than waiting for a repeat
  • F
    fozzy9876 replied to the thread Socket or spur?.
    Thanks for the suggestions I tried replacing the fuse in the FCU this morning but the fuse door won't open. I will try replacing the...
  • F
    fozzy9876 reacted to ericmark's post in the thread Socket or spur? with Thanks Thanks.
    I would guess the fuse has ruptured, but unless the switched FCU also is an active RCD can't see why it would need switching off and on...
  • F
    fozzy9876 reacted to securespark's post in the thread Socket or spur? with Thanks Thanks.
    Has the fuse in the FCU failed?
  • F
    fozzy9876 reacted to foxhole's post in the thread Socket or spur? with Thanks Thanks.
    One or more of the switches can fail without any outward signs.
  • F
    fozzy9876 posted the thread Socket or spur? in Electrics UK.
    Hi, I have a double socket connected to a13 amp switch fuse. We have a tumble dryer and washing machine running off the double socket...
    • IMG_20240201_081632.jpg
    • IMG_20240201_082042.jpg
Back
Top