My partner has a set of hair straightners which are rated at 35 watts, 240 volts. It stated in the manual that it was fitted with a 13 amp fuse. I double checked and indeed it was.
Plugged it in to an energy monitor and for the first 60 seconds it takes 200 watts dropping to around the 65 watt mark.
Now the initial surge when first plugged in is measured at just over 600 watts so that would lead me to think that a 5 amp fuse would be far more appropriate than a 13 amp fuse.
Any thoughts ?
Plugged it in to an energy monitor and for the first 60 seconds it takes 200 watts dropping to around the 65 watt mark.
Now the initial surge when first plugged in is measured at just over 600 watts so that would lead me to think that a 5 amp fuse would be far more appropriate than a 13 amp fuse.
Any thoughts ?