Recent content by gourlay83

Thank you, your help is much appreciated. Believe it's cartridge fuse, you remove a ... cartridge which contains the fuse. I've seen a MCB that you can retro fit, which might be best if i'm going down the 16amp route but will probably end up paying an electrician to replace the FB with a...

Thanks for the reply, the reason i'd prefer a 20amp switch is it's smaller and nicer than the massive 45amp (or the ones I can find). The only question I have to all this, What's protecting the oven?. The fuse in the fusebox protects the wiring (or that's the way I understand it), so what...

Hi, new to this forum and a Mechanical Engineer not an electrician. So be gentle. I've been fitting a new Kitchen, and looking at the electrics before the new walls are fitted and plastered. The previous oven was 13amp, where the new oven is 16amp (3,650 W)...