9.5kw shower on 32amp cartridge fuse?

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Just been round to a mates house to find his shower is a 9.5kw shower on a 32amp cartridge fuse! Its on a 10mm csa cable, but 32a fuse.
How come it has not blown by now??
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9.5kw roughly equates to 40A. A 30A cartridge fuse does not blow at exactly 30A, it should disconnect within 1 hour at approximately 1.45x its rating. At 40A it will take a very long time if it blows at all. It is however bad practice to overload a circuit protective device.
 
Would a 32amp MCB, RCBO be better in the same position as they don't have the heating/cooling of wired protection ( I know it should be about 45a) ?
I would suggest he changed it though.
 
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How can in be better?

Your chosen protective device should equal to or greater than the design current, anything less and the circuit fails at design stage.
 

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