What excellent advice, thank you all very much.
I will now hunt around for the right equipment and then call an electrician to come and fit it for me.
Cheers again.
Thank you for the replies.
When i got the compressor it wasn't being used and there was no plug on the lead. It was a bit nieve of me to think it was a household plug on the end!
I looked at the motor last night and it is 16 amps so which is best the 16A CEEFORM plug or a one way consumer...
Hi,
I have recently been given a compressor from my place of employment and after servicing it i started to use it. It all works fine except on about five occasions it has blown the plug fuse (13A) The compressor is single phase but i think the motor takes about 15 Amps which i think is...