Any Electrician can help me out please!

[V-Force]

I am really confused and need advise and help. Well, to cut things short, my questions:

1) I have a extentsion cord using BS 1363 plug ( BS 1363 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) with fuse (13A) and I am wondering if I can change the plug to CEE7 st. sh 7 type ( Yung Li Co., Ltd - European approved power cords, plugs & connectors ) as I am using it in Indonesia? The plug (YP-22 from the website) I am changing it to does not have a fuse.

2) If I use a BS 1363 plug with fuse of 13A, do I still need a Power Stabilizer unit to prevent damage to my electrical items (eg. computer, laptap, TV, fridge etc) from instable electricity voltages?

3) May I know what is the precise use of the 13A fuse or even a 5A and 3A fuse? What does it prevent and is it really required?

4) My power stabilizer unit uses a 3A fuse, everytime the is power failure and when power comes back on again, the fuse blows. I did not overload the power. What is the likely cause of this?

I connect an extension cable using a YP-21 2 pin plug direct the the wall socket. A fan using 150w is connected to the extention cable and also my 500W Power stabilizer unit using the CEE7 st. sh 7 plug.

Connected to the Power Stabilizer unit is another extension cable using BS-1363 plug with fuse 13A. Then, on this extension cable, I connect my LCD TV, DVD player, Cable Box and Playstation. Total usage of watt is 180w for all the items.

Can someone please be kind enough to answer my queries, I thank you so much in advance.

V-Force

 

[ritzbits]

Re: Any Electrician can help me out please!

I am really confused and need advise and help. Well, to cut things short, my questions:

1) I have a extentsion cord using BS 1363 plug with fuse (13A) and I am wondering if I can change the plug to CEE7 st. sh 7 type as I am using it in Indonesia? The plug (YP-22 from the website) I am changing it to does not have a fuse.

2) If I use a BS 1363 plug with fuse of 13A, do I still need a Power Stabilizer unit to prevent damage to my electrical items (eg. computer, laptap, TV, fridge etc) from instable electricity voltages?

3) May I know what is the precise use of the 13A fuse or even a 5A and 3A fuse? What does it prevent and is it really required?

4) My power stabilizer unit uses a 3A fuse, everytime the is power failure and when power comes back on again, the fuse blows. I did not overload the power. What is the likely cause of this?

I connect an extension cable using a YP-21 2 pin plug direct the the wall socket. A fan using 150w is connected to the extention cable and also my 500W Power stabilizer unit using the CEE7 st. sh 7 plug.

Connected to the Power Stabilizer unit is another extension cable using BS-1363 plug with fuse 13A. Then, on this extension cable, I connect my LCD TV, DVD player, Cable Box and Playstation. Total usage of watt is 180w for all the items.

Can someone please be kind enough to answer my queries, I thank you so much in advance.

V-Force

1. This is dangerous, just make sure you have a fuse within you extension cord.

2. There will still be a possibility that a surge may damage the appliances connected. The best is to make sure that all appliances connected has a fuse protecting it within thier respective plugs.

3. fuse will "blow" if the current going through it exceeds the rating i.e. 13A will blow if 15A goes through it. Normally every plug has a fuse so that the appliance connected to it will be protected if overloading occurs. So just make sure that the respective plugs are original.

4. This is because potentially when the supply is back, there is something else drawing a larger current and current likes to go to places with lower resistance and your power stabiliser is likely to be the preferred place to go, thaz why it blows, check the devices connecting to it, they may have exceeded the recommended supply. The appliances includes those connected to the same extension.

Last thing...Things like fans, motors etc will take more current at start, so when the appliances is powered up, the initial current is normally higher than the rated power, the rated power is the stablised power..

Hope the replies help.