Need help with what amp fuse this plug socket would be

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Moocow23

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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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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