Sorry drussell...got your name wrong
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funny you mention difficulty finding fuse! Mine is a 250V 15A, 6x32mm, ceramic fast (I guess!)
That fuse is the standard 0.25 x 1.25
inch size, I believe they are called 3AB/3AG... They are the same size as the standard glass AGC fuses, but a ceramic version. I would think an induction cooktop would be slow blow, not fast. You're looking for something like these ones from Digikey:
https://www.digikey.ca/products/en/circuit-protection/fuses/139?k=&pkeyword=&pv343=215&sf=1&FV=1c0003%2C403c49%2C403c4a%2Cc4004f%2Cmu15A%7C2088%2Cffe0008b&quantity=&ColumnSort=0&page=1&stock=1&pageSize=25This search lists both the regular and pigtail versions with some model numbers which might help you have better luck finding ones near you. Obviously you want to try to get the pigtail version if at all possible, but if you can't get those easily, you could also get a good 15A or higher rated fuse holder and wire that in so the fuse becomes more easily replaceable.
15A
should be more common than 16A and normally you would never put a larger fuse in as a replacement but in this case, if you absolutely have to, the 16A would be OK. Fuses aren't that precise and in these induction cookers most of the time by the time the fuse blows, the breaker is already tripping.
NOT preferable, but in this one instance, if you
have to, it would still be OK. A 13A or 14A would be a much better substitute since you're limited to 13A anyway on that circuit, right?
I'm not sure what electronics shops you have around you, but a 15A ceramic 250V fuse
should be relatively easy to find, at least in the regular version. The pigtail ones are always more difficult to find unless you have a well stocked local shop or industrial electronics supplier.
If I were trying to find one, even my usual go-to local industrial electronics supplier here doesn't stock them. They have the regular 15A ceramic slow blow 3AG size, of course:
https://www.be-electronics.com/product_p/bk-fslash-mda15.htm... and they stock the 2AG (5x15mm) size pigtail, glass, fast blow series, but nothing slow blow pigtail or ceramic pigtail of any kind. I suspect you will have similar problems trying to source one easily locally.
Good luck!