Need help with what amp fuse this plug socket would be

[Moocow23]

Our boiler has stopped working and the light on the plug socket on the wall has turned off, i assume, but could very well be wrong, that the fuse has tripped, what kind of fuse would be in that plug socket?

 

[Andy™]

well you've got the blown fuse... why don't you try looking at what it is instead of asking randoms on the internet

you could always try a BS1202-2 fuse

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

Plugs have fuses, sockets don't have fuses. Either way as you have the fuse why not look at it to see what rating it is.
Damn, Andy beat me to it.

 

[ProDave]

Is it a socket? Sockets don't normally have fuses so if the light is off it has tripped somewhere else.

Is it a plug? Plugs have fuses but don't have a light.

Is it an FCU, Fused connection Unit? These typically have a switch a fuse and a light and the boiler would be connected by a captive flex.

Just look at the old fuse. Typically for just a boiler it would be a 3 amp fuse. but don't be at all surprised if you find it is a 13A fuse because someone in the past was too lazy to put the correct fuse in.

 

[michael8554]

Hi MooCow

They're not very tolerant here of confused posts :-(

"plug socket"- it's either a plug, or it's a socket, not both.

Or as Dave says, it's a FCU.

"the fuse has tripped" - fuses blow, and have to be replaced.

Breakers trip, and can be reset to On.

But before any fuse replacement you need to find out why the fuse has blown.

 

[BenCos18]

Plugs have fuses, sockets don't have fuses. Either way as you have the fuse why not look at it to see what rating it is.
Damn, Andy beat me to it.

an fcu would have a fuse
I'd say that's what it is
It uses a normal plug fuse

 

[mainline]

But before any fuse replacement you need to find out why the fuse has blown.

No need to wait to find out why the fuse blew, it will be due to heat

 

[mainline]

Is it a plug? Plugs have fuses but don't have a light

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