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IEC C13/14 with sealed fuse (found no fuse inside)

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MrMobodies:
Take a look at this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121660050631?ul_noapp=true




--- Quote ---NEW BLACK 1.5 METRE IEC C14

MAINS POWER LEAD

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With UK 3 Pin Plug
10 Amp 250 Volt
Black in colour
Built in fuse

--- End quote ---

I never came across a sealed fused plug before.
I broke apart plugs like that and found no fuse.
I remembered a power supply that came with one of those plugs which had a figure of eight connector and a (12v and 5v molex for a ide drives) that got hot and blew up on me.

http://www.bs1363.org.uk/index.html

--- Quote ---A common indicator of a counterfeit plug is an earth pin which is partially insulated. BS 1363 requires that all power pins (the shorter pins) are partially insulated. However, earth pins must be solid brass, or, in the case of plugs intended solely for use with non-earthed devices, solid plastic. BS 1363 is quite specific, clause 12.16 states "Sleeves shall not be fitted to any earthing plug pin."  Having a sleeve on an earth pin is dangerous because it can prevent there being any contact to the earth of the socket.  To ensure that the earth connection is made as soon as the plug touches the socket many sockets place the contact right at the faceplate, this means that continuity is lost as soon as a plug with a sleeved earth is fully inserted!
PLEASE NOTE: Plugs with partially sleeved earth pins are ALWAYS counterfeit, and are not allowed to be sold, even for non-earthed applications.
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Oh there's the same one on there too:



I contacted the seller to put in writing whether it had a fuse:




Do you think I should buy one of those to break apart and check for a fuse?

Ranayna:
If you are lucky, the "fuse" will be a shoddy connection somewhere that lets the plastic melt and breaks before it actually catches fire.
If not, John Ward as a couple of videos overloading cables like these. It's not pretty...

Cyberdragon:
There's no fuse (no space). What is does probably have is some aluminum heater wire. :-BROKE

tsman:
The 4 strands of CCA in each of the conductors in the cable will act as a fuse :p

MrMobodies:
I got it, tore it apart and NO FUSE and it failed with earth on the pat tester despite it being connected up.



All nicely packaged in bubble wrap and placed in a jiffy bubble wrap bag.




Failed earth continuity.

I have not changed anything ont he pat tester other than the length but I plugged in another similar sized iec cable which passes earth continuity with no problems so it is not that.

On tearing it apart below the earth cable from the plug to the IEC connector appeared connected up until I cut them off.






It looks like copper but when I twist the conductors they seem to spring back straight.
It has a metal kind of look but tinted with copper after cleaning it.
I tried it on a cooker flame and it still didn't fall apart.
I was expecting aluminium.
Maybe it could be some other metal or steel.




No fuse or "CCA strands acting as a fuse" in the plug or the IEC connector.

Maybe they mean the whole cable as the fuse.

I knew what I was going to find.

Maybe I should report them to the trading standards for selling non safety compliant goods and they can claim ignorance and misinformation all they want.

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