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[ricicle]

Something short could be used to remove the fuse.

You'd struggle to get it in there mate

 

[Monkeh]

Monkeh may have "any number of ways to get that out" but a layman shouldn't have to have specialist knowledge in order
to take out a fuse?

I wasn't aware a bit set was specialist knowledge. Then I have bent screwdrivers, a small crow bar (I kid you not), pocket knives, and many other small implements which could be used for that.

 

[RF Lighting]

I reckon a tea spoon handle would soon have that fuse out

 

[JohnD]

Hoof pick.

 

[ricicle]

Hoof pick.

Mind the frog !

 

[MickBee]

I don't think there is a requirement that the fuse must be removed using an average length screwdriver though, is there?

Something short could be used to remove the fuse.

There is only 2cm between the slot & the side of the cupboard, and the fuseholder is a tight fit - you would need something with a bend in the shaft but a flat thin blade (so a tack lifter will not do.) I have a fair set of tools, but nothing that would do.

Two things I forgot in my earlier reply:

1) Thanks for your comments (even the one from PrenticeBoyofDerry, who missed that it is a cloakroom & not the bathroom.)

2) Can I invite you to look at my post in Plumbing & Heating yesterday afternoon "Triton T30i electric handwash - repair, renew or replace?" - I wasn't sure whether it should be there or in this Forum, and no-one has replied to it there.

 

[MrTinker]

I don't recognise Mr Tinker's implement and wonder if it would work in the limited space.

Yes it would definitely work! I have it for instances just like yours(amongst others) where some silly sausage has fitted something, in a way where access is very limited.

By the way I do appreciate your grievance.

I'm thinking of replacing the SFCU (and the FCU below it) with MK units which have horizontal fuse holders held by screws.

Not a bad idea.

 

[1john]

How often does the fuse need replacing?

 

[MickBee]

I don't recognise Mr Tinker's implement and wonder if it would work in the limited space.

Yes it would definitely work! I have it for instances just like yours(amongst others) where some silly sausage has fitted something, in a way where access is very limited.

Can you tell me what that tool is called, please?

 

[MickBee]

How often does the fuse need replacing?

Not often, I hope - but if I do want to replace it (or take it out to make sure that the handwash is off) I want to do so in a few seconds.

That was the purpose of my original post - to make the point that a little bit of forethought in positioning and/or choosing better kit by the "professional" would have cost little extra and would have saved me a lot more time & money. I'm a belt-and-braces person who likes to feel confident that, if something goes wrong, it can be sorted out without having to fix the rest of a bad system at the same time. Hence my intention of replacing the SFCU with a decent one.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Just take the face plate off and you can then get to the fuse, I guess the cable is fed straight in through the back of the box, if needs be just spin the whole thing on to it's side and refit then access to fuse holder can be made or turn it upside down.

 

[JohnD]

I much prefer the MK ones with a retaining screw. When you undo the screw it pushes the fuse carrier out. No need to lever it out.

 

[Lectrician]

A penny would soon have it out - have had to do that before when alarm chappies fit their FCU tight up against fire/intruder panels etc.

 

[1john]

I much prefer the MK ones with a retaining screw. When you undo the screw it pushes the fuse carrier out. No need to lever it out.

For the first time you use them, they are junk after that, sometimes requiring 2 tools to remove. The metal worm screw wears on the plastic badly and the only time these stupid things work well is when there is no fuse in the holder. It's such a crap design that no one else has immitated it as yet.

The fuse on that switch fused spur doesnt need removing for isolation, the switch will isolate it, the unswitched spur levers out from the top or bottom.

 

[JohnD]

For the first time you use them, they are junk after that,

Sounds like you are clumsier than me