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Originally Posted by TonyDuell
Is it any surprise that I will not use moulded mains leads for anything high-power, safety critical, or similar?
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It's no surprise at all, I have had problems with a moulded plug on a 3KW heater, it started making a burning smell before overheating the 13A fuse, that stopped the overheating!
It will eventually have a nice long 3 metre cable fitted with an old skool MK plug (binding post type), these plugs can happily supply full load without combusting.
In due course, I will be buying a box of 10 rubber type plugs, these will be useful for certain garage stuff, think drop & smash!
It's still surprising to find 0.75mm cable used on 2KW heaters, the plug fuse could do with being max 10A at best of times, 5A preferable.