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<blockquote data-quote="King Arthur" data-source="post: 528928" data-attributes="member: 31673"><p>I recently bought a welder and it came with a 'heavy duty' 13A plug, presumably in recognition that 'standard' ones are not up to the job.</p><p></p><p>Curiously though, it wasn't actually fitted to the welder - it was supplied with no plug actually fitted so couldn't be used straight out of the box.</p><p></p><p>Not a problem in my case because I had always intended to fit an industrial 16A plug anyway so would have cut off a 13A plug had one been fitted.</p><p></p><p>So it's not just an EV issue.</p><p></p><p>I wonder about the legality of this approach. Should I have had a pro electrician fit the plug for me?</p><p></p><p>It all seems a bit if a mess, but the fact remains that if something is fitted with a 13A plug then it's a reasonable assumption that consumers are going to plug it into a matching socket with no thought of the application. No consumer can be expected to understand technical specs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="King Arthur, post: 528928, member: 31673"] I recently bought a welder and it came with a 'heavy duty' 13A plug, presumably in recognition that 'standard' ones are not up to the job. Curiously though, it wasn't actually fitted to the welder - it was supplied with no plug actually fitted so couldn't be used straight out of the box. Not a problem in my case because I had always intended to fit an industrial 16A plug anyway so would have cut off a 13A plug had one been fitted. So it's not just an EV issue. I wonder about the legality of this approach. Should I have had a pro electrician fit the plug for me? It all seems a bit if a mess, but the fact remains that if something is fitted with a 13A plug then it's a reasonable assumption that consumers are going to plug it into a matching socket with no thought of the application. No consumer can be expected to understand technical specs. [/QUOTE]
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